odemknout
Czech
Etymology
Prefix od- + the base mknout[1][2] (compare also zamknout, semknout, přimknout, vymknout), which comes from Proto-Slavic *mъk- (“quick movement”) (compare Polish mknąć), which is from Proto-Indo-European *smeuk-, *meuk- (“to make a quick movement, to slide”)[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈodɛmknou̯t]
Verb
odemknout pf (imperfective odemykat)
- to unlock
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Present forms | indicative | imperative | ||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| 1st person | odemknu | odemkneme | — | odemkněme |
| 2nd person | odemkneš | odemknete | odemkni | odemkněte |
| 3rd person | odemkne | odemknou | — | — |
| The verb odemknout does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only. |
| Participles | Past participles | Passive participles | ||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| masculine animate | odemkl, odemknul | odemkli, odemknuli | odemčen, odemknut | odemčeni, odemknuti |
| masculine inanimate | odemkly, odemknuly | odemčeny, odemknuty | ||
| feminine | odemkla, odemknula | odemkly, odemknuly | odemčena, odemknuta | odemčeny, odemknuty |
| neuter | odemklo, odemknulo | odemkla, odemknula | odemčeno, odemknuto | odemčena, odemknuta |
| Transgressives | present | past |
| masculine singular | — | odemknuv |
| feminine + neuter singular | — | odemknuvši |
| plural | — | odemknuvše |
Antonyms
- zamknout
References
- "zámek1" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 801.
- "-mknout" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 421.
- "mykat" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 438.
Further reading
- odemknouti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- odemknouti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989