houkat

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech húkati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦou̯kat]
• Hyphenation: hou‧kat

Verb

houkat impf (perfective houknout)

1. (intransitive) to hoot (usually about an owl)

   Sova houká. ― An owl is hooting.

2. (intransitive) to wail, to honk, to toot

Conjugation

Conjugation of houkat

infinitive houkat, houkati active adjective houkající verbal noun houkání passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person houkám houkáme — houkejme 2nd person houkáš houkáte houkej houkejte 3rd person houká houkají — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive houkat. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate houkal houkali — — masculine inanimate houkaly — feminine houkala — neuter houkalo houkala — — transgressives present past masculine singular houkaje — feminine + neuter singular houkajíc — plural houkajíce —

Related terms

• houkání
• hukot
• zahoukat

Further reading

• “houkati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “houkati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Noun

houkat

1. nominative plural of houkka

Anagrams

• kohuta