onikat

Czech

Etymology

From oni +‎ -k- +‎ -at. Cognates include Slovak onikať and Slovene onikati. Compare German siezen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoɲɪkat]

Verb

onikat impf

1. to address somebody by using the third person plural, rather than the second person singular

Usage notes

• This form of addressing people is now archaic in Czech, but it is still used in German (see Sie).

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	onikat, onikati	Active adjective	onikající
Verbal noun	onikání	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	onikám	onikáme	—	onikejme
2nd person	onikáš	onikáte	onikej	onikejte
3rd person	oniká	onikají	—	—

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

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	onikal	onikali	—	—
masculine inanimate		onikaly		—
feminine	onikala		—
neuter	onikalo	onikala	—	—

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	onikaje	—
feminine + neuter singular	onikajíc	—
plural	onikajíce	—

Related terms

• onikání

 

See also

• onkat
• tykat
• vykat

 

Further reading

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