zamazat

Czech

Etymology

From za- +‎ mazat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzamazat]

Verb

zamazat pf (imperfective mazat or zamazávat)

1. to daub, muddy, smudge, stain (dirty with some semiliquid mass)
2. to seal, putty, plaster (holes, cracks etc)
3. to paint over, whitewash (obliterate by paint etc)
4. (reflexive with se) to get dirty (with some semiliquid mass)

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	zamazat, zamazati	Active adjective	zamažící
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	zamažu	zamažeme	—	zamažme
2nd person	zamažeš	zamažete	zamaž	zamažte
3rd person	zamaže	zamažou	—	—

The verb zamazat 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	zamazal	zamazali	zamazán	zamazáni
masculine inanimate		zamazaly		zamazány
feminine	zamazala		zamazána
neuter	zamazalo	zamazala	zamazáno	zamazána

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	zamaže	—
feminine + neuter singular	zamažíc	—
plural	zamažíce	—

Further reading

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