zubožit

Czech

Etymology

From zu- +‎ božit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzuboʒɪt]
• Hyphenation: zu‧bo‧žit

Verb

zubožit pf

1. to make poor, to make wretched

   Synonym: zbídačit

   Uprchlíci byli zcela zuboženi. ― The refugees were utterly impoverished.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	zubožit, zubožiti	Active adjective	zuboživší
Verbal noun	zubožení	Passive adjective	zubožený

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	zubožím	zubožíme	—	zubožme
2nd person	zubožíš	zubožíte	zubož	zubožte
3rd person	zuboží	zuboží	—	—

The verb zubožit 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	zubožil	zubožili	zubožen	zuboženi
masculine inanimate		zubožily		zuboženy
feminine	zubožila		zubožena
neuter	zubožilo	zubožila	zuboženo	zubožena

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	zuboživ
feminine + neuter singular	—	zuboživši
plural	—	zuboživše

Related terms

• ubohý

 

Further reading

• “zubožiti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “zubožiti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989