odemykat

Czech

Etymology

From od- +‎ 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).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈodɛmɪkat]

Verb

odemykat impf (perfective odemknout)

  1. to unlock
    Antonym: zamykat

Conjugation

Conjugation of odemykat
infinitive odemykat, odemykati active adjective odemykající


verbal noun odemykání passive adjective odemykaný
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person odemykám odemykáme odemykejme
2nd person odemykáš odemykáte odemykej odemykejte
3rd person odemyká odemykají

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive odemykat.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate odemykal odemykali odemykán odemykáni
masculine inanimate odemykaly odemykány
feminine odemykala odemykána
neuter odemykalo odemykala odemykáno odemykána
transgressives present past
masculine singular odemykaje
feminine + neuter singular odemykajíc
plural odemykajíce

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “mykat”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 438

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