dotknout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech dotknúti. By surface analysis, do- +‎ tknout. Compare Polish dotknąć.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdotknou̯t]

Verb

dotknout pf (imperfective dotýkat)

1. (with genitive object, reflexive with se) to touch (to make physical contact with)
2. (with genitive object, reflexive with se) to hurt, to offend

   Dotkl se jejích citů. ― He hurt her feelings.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dotknout

infinitive dotknout, dotknouti active adjective dotknuvší verbal noun dotknutí, dotčení passive adjective dotknutý, dotčený present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person dotknu dotkneme — dotkněme 2nd person dotkneš dotknete dotkni dotkněte 3rd person dotkne dotknou — — The verb dotknout 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 dotkl, dotknul dotkli, dotknuli dotknut, dotčen dotknuti, dotčeni masculine inanimate dotkly, dotknuly dotknuty, dotčeny feminine dotkla, dotknula dotknuta, dotčena neuter dotklo, dotknulo dotkla, dotknula dotknuto, dotčeno dotknuta, dotčena transgressives present past masculine singular — dotknuv feminine + neuter singular — dotknuvši plural — dotknuvše

Further reading

• “dotknouti se”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “dotknouti se”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “dotknout”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025