puknout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pǫknǫti. By surface analysis, pukat +‎ -nout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuknou̯t]

Verb

puknout impf (perfective pukat)

1. to burst, to crack, to rupture

   Synonyms: prasknout, rupnout, křupnout, lupnout

   Srdce jí pukne žalem. ― Her heart broke with grief.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	puknout, puknouti	Active adjective	puknuvší
Verbal noun	puknetí	Passive adjective	puknatý

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	puknu	pukneme	—	pukněme
2nd person	pukneš	puknete	pukni	pukněte
3rd person	pukne	puknou	—	—

The verb puknout 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	puknul, pukl	puknuli, pukli	puknat	puknati
masculine inanimate		puknuly, pukly		puknaty
feminine	puknula, pukla		puknata
neuter	puknulo, puklo	puknula, pukla	puknato	puknata

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	puknuv
feminine + neuter singular	—	puknuvši
plural	—	puknuvše

Derived terms

• napuknout
• propuknout
• vypuknout

 

Further reading

• “puknouti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “puknouti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “puknout”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)