onkat

Czech

Etymology

From on +‎ -k- +‎ -at. Compare German erzen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoŋkat]

Verb

onkat impf

1. to address somebody by using the third person singular, rather than the second person singular

Usage notes

• This form of addressing people is now archaic in Czech. In the 18th century, it was used mostly when talking with small children or servants.

Conjugation

Conjugation of onkat

infinitive onkat, onkati active adjective onkající verbal noun onkání passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person onkám onkáme — onkejme 2nd person onkáš onkáte onkej onkejte 3rd person onká onkají — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive onkat. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate onkal onkali — — masculine inanimate onkaly — feminine onkala — neuter onkalo onkala — — transgressives present past masculine singular onkaje — feminine + neuter singular onkajíc — plural onkajíce —

Related terms

• onkání

See also

• onikat
• tykat
• vykat

Further reading

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