odemknout

Czech

Etymology

Prefix od- + the base mknout[1][2] (compare also zamknout, semknout, přimknout, vymknout), which comes from Proto-Slavic *mъknǫti (“to rush, move quickly”) (compare Polish mknąć), which is from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (“to make a quick movement, to slide”)[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈodɛmknou̯t]

Verb

odemknout pf (imperfective odemykat)

  1. to unlock
    Antonym: zamknout

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive odemknout, odemknouti Active adjective odemknuvší
Verbal noun — Passive adjective —
Present formsindicativeimperative
singularpluralsingularplural
1st person odemknuodemkneme—odemkněme
2nd person odemknešodemkneteodemkniodemkněte
3rd person odemkneodemknou——
The verb odemknout does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.
ParticiplesPast participlesPassive participles
singularpluralsingularplural
masculine animate odemkl, odemknulodemkli, odemknuliodemčen, odemknutodemčeni, odemknuti
masculine inanimate odemkly, odemknulyodemčeny, odemknuty
feminine odemkla, odemknulaodemčena, odemknuta
neuter odemklo, odemknuloodemkla, odemknulaodemčeno, odemknutoodemčena, odemknuta
Transgressives present past
masculine singular —odemknuv
feminine + neuter singular —odemknuvši
plural —odemknuvše

References
  1. "zámek1" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 801.
  2. "-mknout" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 421.
  3. "mykat" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 438.

Further reading
  • odemknouti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • odemknouti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • odemknout in Internetová jazyková příručka
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