odemknout

Czech

Etymology

Prefix od- + the base mknout (compare also zamknout, semknout, přimknout, vymknout), which comes from Proto-Slavic *mъknǫti (“to rush, move quickly”) (compare Polish mknąć), which is from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (“to make a quick movement, to slide”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈodɛmknou̯t]

Verb

odemknout pf (imperfective odemykat)

1. to unlock

   Antonym: zamknout

Conjugation

Conjugation of odemknout

infinitive odemknout, odemknouti active adjective odemknuvší verbal noun — passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person odemknu odemkneme — odemkněme 2nd person odemkneš odemknete odemkni odemkněte 3rd person odemkne odemknou — — The verb odemknout 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 odemkl, odemknul odemkli, odemknuli odemčen, odemknut odemčeni, odemknuti masculine inanimate odemkly, odemknuly odemčeny, odemknuty feminine odemkla, odemknula odemčena, odemknuta neuter odemklo, odemknulo odemkla, odemknula odemčeno, odemknuto odemčena, odemknuta transgressives present past masculine singular — odemknuv feminine + neuter singular — odemknuvši plural — odemknuvše

Further reading

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