zamknout

zamknout

Czech

Etymology

Prefix za- + the base mknout[1][2] (compare also odemknout, semknout, přimknout, vymknout), which comes from Proto-Slavic *mъk- (“quick movement”) (compare Polish mknąć (“scamper, rush”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *smeuk-, *meuk- (“to make a quick movement, to slide”)[3]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzamknou̯t]

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Verb

zamknout pf (imperfective zamykat)

1. to lock (to fasten with lock)

Conjugation

Conjugation

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	zamknu	zamkneme	—	zamkněme
2nd person	zamkneš	zamknete	zamkni	zamkněte
3rd person	zamkne	zamknou	—	—

The verb zamknout 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	zamkl, zamknul	zamkli, zamknuli	zamčen, zamknut	zamčeni, zamknuti
masculine inanimate		zamkly, zamknuly		zamčeny, zamknuty
feminine	zamkla, zamknula	zamkly, zamknuly	zamčena, zamknuta	zamčeny, zamknuty
neuter	zamklo, zamknulo	zamkla, zamknula	zamčeno, zamknuto	zamčena, zamknuta

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	zamknuv
feminine + neuter singular	—	zamknuvši
plural	—	zamknuvše

Antonyms

• odemknout

Related terms

• zámek

References

1. "zámek¹" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 801.
2. "-mknout" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 421.
3. "mykat" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 438.