moknout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moknǫti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoknou̯t]

Verb

moknout impf (perfective zmoknout or promoknout)

1. (intransitive) to be (out) in the rain
2. (intransitive) to be getting wet (in the rain)

   Antonym: schnout

   Nemáš nic lepšího na práci než moknout v dešti? ― Don't you have anything better to do than getting wet in the rain?

Conjugation

Conjugation of moknout

infinitive moknout, moknouti active adjective moknoucí verbal noun — passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person moknu mokneme — mokněme 2nd person mokneš moknete mokni mokněte 3rd person mokne moknou — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive moknout. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate moknul mokli — — masculine inanimate mokly — feminine mokla — neuter moklo mokla — — transgressives present past masculine singular mokna — feminine + neuter singular moknouc — plural moknouce —

Related terms

• močit
• mokrý
• promoknout
• zmoknout

Further reading

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