zapnout

Czech

Etymology

From za- +‎ pnout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzapnou̯t]

Verb

zapnout pf (imperfective zapínat)

1. (transitive) to switch on, to turn on, to enable (to put a mechanism, device or system into operation)

   Synonym: aktivovat

   Antonym: vypnout

   zapnout počítač ― to turn on the computer

   Tady dole si zapni ceské nebo anglické titulky. ― Switch on the Czech or English subtitles down here.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	zapnout, zapnouti	Active adjective	zapnuvší , zapjavší
Verbal noun	zapnetí	Passive adjective	zapnutý, zapjatý

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	zapnu	zapneme	—	zapněme
2nd person	zapneš	zapnete	zapni	zapněte
3rd person	zapne	zapnou	—	—

The verb zapnout 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	zapnul, zapjal	zapnuli, zapjali	zapnut, zapjat	zapnuti, zapjati
masculine inanimate		zapnuly, zapjaly		zapnuty, zapjaty
feminine	zapnula, zapjala		zapnuta, zapjata
neuter	zapnulo, zapjalo	zapnula, zapjala	zapnuto, zapjato	zapnuta, zapjata

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	zapnuv, zapjav
feminine + neuter singular	—	zapnuvši, zapjavši
plural	—	zapnuvše, zapjavše

Further reading

• “zapnouti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “zapnouti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “zapnout”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)