onikat

== Czech == === Etymology === From oni +‎ -k- +‎ -at. Cognates include Slovak onikať and Slovene onikati. Compare German siezen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈoɲɪkat] === Verb === onikat impf 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 or jocular in Czech, but it is still used in German (see Sie). ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === 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), 2008–2026