zamykat

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Czech

Etymology

From za- +‎ mykat. The verb mykat comes from Proto-Slavic *mъknǫti (to rush, move quickly) (compare Polish mknąć), which is from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-, *mewk- (to make a quick movement, to slide).[1]

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Verb

zamykat impf (perfective zamknout)

  1. to lock
    Antonym: odemykat

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “mykat”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 438

Further reading

  • zamykati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • zamykati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • zamykat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)