odemykat

Czech

Etymology

From od- + 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

  • IPA(key): [ˈodɛmɪkat]

Verb

odemykat impf (perfective odemknout)

  1. to unlock
    Antonym: zamykat

Conjugation

References

  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

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