zoufat

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech zúfati, from z- + úfati, from Proto-Slavic *upъvati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzou̯fat]

Verb

zoufat impf (perfective zazoufat)

1. to despair

   Antonyms: doufat, nezoufat

Conjugation

Conjugation of zoufat

infinitive zoufat, zoufati active adjective zoufající verbal noun zoufání passive adjective zoufaný present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person zoufám zoufáme — zoufejme 2nd person zoufáš zoufáte zoufej zoufejte 3rd person zoufá zoufají — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive zoufat. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate zoufal zoufali zoufán zoufáni masculine inanimate zoufaly zoufány feminine zoufala zoufána neuter zoufalo zoufala zoufáno zoufána transgressives present past masculine singular zoufaje — feminine + neuter singular zoufajíc — plural zoufajíce —

Derived terms

• uzoufání
• zoufalec
• zoufalství n
• zoufalý m
• zoufání

Related terms

• doufat

Further reading

• “zoufati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “zoufati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “zoufat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025