smeknout

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsmɛknou̯t]
  • Rhymes: -ɛknou̯t
  • Hyphenation: smek‧nout

Verb

smeknout pf (imperfective smekat)

  1. take off one's covering of the head, usually a hat
    • 1860, Josef Pečírka, Tisíc a jedna noc[1], volume 3, Praha: Josef Pečírka, page 62:
      Na to sestoupil král strůnu, posadil na něj syna, smeknul korunu a posadil ji synovi na hlavu, opásal ho mečem královským, a zvolal: „Ejhle král váš!“
      Then the king stepped of the throne, sit his son upon it, took off his crown and put it on his son's head, girded him with the royal sword and exclaimed: "Behold your king!"
  2. (reflexive with se) slip, skid to lose one’s traction on a slippery surface [since 14th c.]
    • 2011, Jan Welzl, Hrdinové Ledového moře[2], Carpe Diem, →ISBN, page 28:
      [] často jsem viděl, jak mému druhu přede mnou uklouzla noha, smekl se, smekly se i saně a letěly se vším všudy, i se psím spřežením, do kanálu, on pak sám sklouzl do vody za nimi.
      [] I often saw how a leg of my companion in front of me slipped, he skidded, the sledge skidded too and went into the canal even with the dogs, a he himself followed them into the water.

Conjugation

Conjugation of smeknout
infinitive smeknout, smeknouti active adjective smeknuvší


verbal noun smeknutí passive adjective smeknutý
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person smeknu smekneme smekněme
2nd person smekneš smeknete smekni smekněte
3rd person smekne smeknou

The verb smeknout 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 smekl, smeknul smekli, smeknuli smeknut smeknuti
masculine inanimate smekly, smeknuly smeknuty
feminine smekla, smeknula smeknuta
neuter smeklo, smeknulo smekla, smeknula smeknuto smeknuta
transgressives present past
masculine singular smeknuv
feminine + neuter singular smeknuvši
plural smeknuvše

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