Czech edit

Etymology edit

From za- +‎ mykat. The verb mykat comes from Proto-Slavic *mъknǫti (to rush, move quickly) (compare Polish mknąć), which is from Proto-Indo-European *smewk-, *mewk- (to make a quick movement, to slide).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈzamɪkat]
  • (file)

Verb edit

zamykat impf (perfective zamknout)

  1. to lock
    Antonym: odemykat

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “mykat”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 438

Further reading edit

  • zamykati in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • zamykati in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • zamykat in Internetová jazyková příručka