zoufat

Czech

Etymology

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

Verb

zoufat impf (perfective zazoufat)

1. to despair

   Antonyms: doufat, nezoufat

Conjugation

Conjugation

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, 1935–1957
• zoufati in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989