mrknout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьrknǫti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmr̩knou̯t]
• Rhymes: -r̩knou̯t
• Hyphenation: mrk‧nout

Verb

mrknout pf (imperfective mrkat)

1. to blink (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
2. (informal) to have a look

   Synonym: podívat

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	mrknout, mrknouti	Active adjective	mrknuvší
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	mrknu	mrkneme	—	mrkněme
2nd person	mrkneš	mrknete	mrkni	mrkněte
3rd person	mrkne	mrknou	—	—

The verb mrknout 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	mrkl, mrknul	mrkli, mrknuli	—	—
masculine inanimate		mrkly, mrknuly		—
feminine	mrkla, mrknula		—
neuter	mrklo, mrknulo	mrkla, mrknula	—	—

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	mrknuv
feminine + neuter singular	—	mrknuvši
plural	—	mrknuvše

Derived terms

• mrknutí

 

Further reading

• “mrknouti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mrknouti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mrknout”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)