ucpat
Czech
Etymology
u- + cpát
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈut͡spat]
Verb
ucpat pf (imperfective ucpávat)
- (transitive) to clog, to block
- Musíme ucpat tuhle díru. ― We've got to stuff up this hole.
- (reflexive, used with se) to clog up (to get clogged)
- Jen se ucpal záchod. ― The toilet just got backed up.
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Present forms | indicative | imperative | ||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| 1st person | ucpu | ucpeme | — | ucpime |
| 2nd person | ucpeš | ucpete | ucpi | ucpite |
| 3rd person | ucpe | ucpou | — | — |
| The verb ucpat 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 | ucpal | ucpali | ucpán | ucpáni |
| masculine inanimate | ucpaly | ucpány | ||
| feminine | ucpala | ucpána | ||
| neuter | ucpalo | ucpala | ucpáno | ucpána |
| Transgressives | present | past |
| masculine singular | ucpe | — |
| feminine + neuter singular | ucpíc | — |
| plural | ucpíce | — |
Derived terms
- ucpaný
Further reading
- ucpati in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- ucpati in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989