odemknout

Czech

Etymology

Prefix od- + the base mknout (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”)

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 forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	odemknu	odemkneme	—	odemkněme
2nd person	odemkneš	odemknete	odemkni	odemkněte
3rd person	odemkne	odemknou	—	—

The verb odemknout 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	odemkl, odemknul	odemkli, odemknuli	odemčen, odemknut	odemčeni, odemknuti
masculine inanimate		odemkly, odemknuly		odemčeny, odemknuty
feminine	odemkla, odemknula		odemčena, odemknuta
neuter	odemklo, odemknulo	odemkla, odemknula	odemčeno, odemknuto	odemčena, odemknuta

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	odemknuv
feminine + neuter singular	—	odemknuvši
plural	—	odemknuvše

Further reading

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