puknout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pǫknǫti. By surface analysis, pukat +‎ -nout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuknou̯t]

Verb

puknout impf (perfective pukat)

1. to burst, to crack, to rupture

   Synonyms: prasknout, rupnout, křupnout, lupnout

   Srdce jí pukne žalem. ― Her heart broke with grief.

Conjugation

Conjugation of puknout

infinitive puknout, puknouti active adjective puknuvší verbal noun puknetí passive adjective puknatý present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person puknu pukneme — pukněme 2nd person pukneš puknete pukni pukněte 3rd person pukne puknou — — The verb puknout 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 puknul, pukl puknuli, pukli puknat puknati masculine inanimate puknuly, pukly puknaty feminine puknula, pukla puknata neuter puknulo, puklo puknula, pukla puknato puknata transgressives present past masculine singular — puknuv feminine + neuter singular — puknuvši plural — puknuvše

Derived terms

• napuknout
• propuknout
• vypuknout

Further reading

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