zamykat

Czech

Etymology

From za- +‎ mykat. The verb mykat comes from Proto-Slavic *mъknǫti (“to rush, move quickly”) (compare Polish mknąć), which is from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-, *mewk- (“to make a quick movement, to slide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzamɪkat]

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Verb

zamykat impf (perfective zamknout)

1. to lock

   Antonym: odemykat

Conjugation

Conjugation of zamykat

infinitive zamykat, zamykati active adjective zamykající, zamykavší verbal noun zamykání passive adjective zamykaný present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person zamykám zamykáme — zamykejme 2nd person zamykáš zamykáte zamykej zamykejte 3rd person zamyká zamykají — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive zamykat. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate zamykal zamykali zamykán zamykáni masculine inanimate zamykaly zamykány feminine zamykala zamykána neuter zamykalo zamykala zamykáno zamykána transgressives present past masculine singular zamykaje zamykav feminine + neuter singular zamykajíc zamykavši plural zamykajíce zamykavše

Further reading

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