houkat
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech húkati.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
houkat impf (perfective houknout)
- (intransitive) to hoot (usually about an owl)
- Sova houká. ― An owl is hooting.
- (intransitive) to wail, to honk, to toot
Conjugation edit
Conjugation
| Infinitive | houkat, houkati | Active adjective | houkající |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verbal noun | houkání | Passive adjective | — |
| Present forms | indicative | imperative | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| 1st person | houkám | houkáme | — | houkejme |
| 2nd person | houkáš | houkáte | houkej | houkejte |
| 3rd person | houká | houkají | — | — |
| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive houkat. |
| Participles | Past participles | Passive participles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| masculine animate | houkal | houkali | — | — |
| masculine inanimate | houkaly | — | ||
| feminine | houkala | — | ||
| neuter | houkalo | houkala | — | — |
| Transgressives | present | past |
|---|---|---|
| masculine singular | houkaje | — |
| feminine + neuter singular | houkajíc | — |
| plural | houkajíce | — |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Finnish edit
Noun edit
houkat