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 of zatopit

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), 2008–2025