houkat

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech húkati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦou̯kat]
• Hyphenation: hou‧kat

Verb

houkat impf (perfective houknout)

1. (intransitive) to hoot (usually about an owl)

   Sova houká. ― An owl is hooting.

2. (intransitive) to wail, to honk, to toot

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	houkat, houkati	Active adjective	houkající
Verbal noun	houkání	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	houkám	houkáme	—	houkejme
2nd person	houkáš	houkáte	houkej	houkejte
3rd person	houká	houkají	—	—

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive houkat.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	houkal	houkali	—	—
masculine inanimate		houkaly		—
feminine	houkala		—
neuter	houkalo	houkala	—	—

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	houkaje	—
feminine + neuter singular	houkajíc	—
plural	houkajíce	—

Related terms

• houkání
• hukot
• zahoukat

 

Further reading

• “houkati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “houkati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Noun

houkat

1. nominative plural of houkka

Anagrams

• kohuta