zatopit

Czech

Etymology

From za- +‎ topit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzatopɪt]

Verb

zatopit pf (imperfective zatápět)

1. to make fire, to light up, to kindle

   To ani neumíte zatopit? ― Can't you make that stove work?

2. to flood, to drown
3. (reflexive with se) to flood, to become flooded

   Včera se jí zatopil sklep. ― Her basement flooded yesterday.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	zatopit, zatopiti	Active adjective	zatopivší
Verbal noun	zatopení	Passive adjective	—

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

• zatápět
• zatopení n
• zatopený m
• zátopa f

 

Further reading

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