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

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