Inherited from Old Czech zamknúti. Prefix za- + the base mknout[1][2] (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”)[3]
zamknout pf (imperfective zamykat)
- to lock (to fasten with lock)
- Antonym: odemknout
Conjugation
| Infinitive
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zamknout, zamknouti
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Active adjective
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zamknuvší
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| Verbal noun
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—
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Passive adjective
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—
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| The verb zamknout does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only. |
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| Participles |
Past participles |
Passive participles
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singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
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| masculine animate
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zamkl, zamknul |
zamkli, zamknuli |
zamčen, zamknut |
zamčeni, zamknuti
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| masculine inanimate
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zamkly, zamknuly |
zamčeny, zamknuty
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| feminine
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zamkla, zamknula |
zamčena, zamknuta
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| neuter
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zamklo, zamknulo |
zamkla, zamknula |
zamčeno, zamknuto |
zamčena, zamknuta
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- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “zámek1”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 801
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “-mknout”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 421
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “mykat”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 438
- “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)
