zatopit
Czech
Etymology
za- + topit
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzatopɪt]
Verb
zatopit pf (imperfective zatápět)
- to make fire, to light up, to kindle
- To ani neumíte zatopit? ― Can't you make that stove work?
- to flood, to drown
- (reflexive, used with se) to flood, to become flooded
- Včera se' jí zatopil sklep. ― Her basement flooded yesterday.
Conjugation
Conjugation
Present forms | indicative | imperative | ||
singular | plural | singular | plural | |
1st person | zatopím | zatopíme | — | zatopme |
2nd person | zatopíš | zatopíte | zatop | zatopte |
3rd person | zatopí | zatopí | — | — |
The verb zatopit 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 | zatopil | zatopili | — | — |
masculine inanimate | zatopily | — | ||
feminine | zatopila | — | ||
neuter | zatopilo | zatopila | zatopeno | — |
Transgressives | present | past |
masculine singular | — | zatopiv |
feminine + neuter singular | — | zatopivši |
plural | — | zatopivše |
Derived terms
- zátopa f
- zatopení n
- zatopený m
- zatápět
Further reading
- zatopiti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- zatopiti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989