zamknout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech zamknúti. Prefix za- + the base mknout (compare also odemknout, semknout, přimknout, vymknout), which comes from Proto-Slavic *mъknǫti (“to rush, move quickly”) (compare Polish mknąć (“scamper, rush”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (“to make a quick movement, to slide”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzamknou̯t]

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Verb

zamknout pf (imperfective zamykat)

1. to lock (to fasten with lock)

   Antonym: odemknout

Conjugation

Conjugation of zamknout

infinitive zamknout, zamknouti active adjective zamknuvší verbal noun — passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person zamknu zamkneme — zamkněme 2nd person zamkneš zamknete zamkni zamkněte 3rd person zamkne zamknou — — The verb zamknout 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 zamkl, zamknul zamkli, zamknuli zamčen, zamknut zamčeni, zamknuti masculine inanimate zamkly, zamknuly zamčeny, zamknuty feminine zamkla, zamknula zamčena, zamknuta neuter zamklo, zamknulo zamkla, zamknula zamčeno, zamknuto zamčena, zamknuta transgressives present past masculine singular — zamknuv feminine + neuter singular — zamknuvši plural — zamknuvše

Related terms

• zámek

Further reading

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