Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zaverti (“to close, enclose”), from *za- + *verti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *werˀ-, from Proto-Indo-European *werH-.
Pronunciation
Verb
zavřít pf (imperfective zavírat)
- to close, to shut
- Zavřel za sebou dveře. ― He shut the door behind him.
- to lock in (somebody)
- zavřít koho do vězení ― to put someone in prison
- Zavřela kluka do tmavé komory. ― She locked the boy in a dark room.
- (reflexive with se) to close up, to shut, to fold up
- Zmizeli, jako kdyby se nad nimi zavřela voda. ― They disappeared as though the earth had swallowed them up (literally, “... as though water had closed over them”).
Conjugation
Conjugation of zavřít
| infinitive
|
zavřít, zavříti
|
active adjective
|
zavřevší
|
| verbal noun
|
—
|
passive adjective
|
—
|
| present forms |
indicative |
imperative
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| 1st person
|
zavřu |
zavřeme |
— |
zavřeme
|
| 2nd person
|
zavřeš |
zavřete |
zavři |
zavřete
|
| 3rd person
|
zavře |
zavřou |
— |
—
|
The verb zavřít 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
|
zavřel |
zavřeli |
zavřen |
zavřeni
|
| masculine inanimate
|
zavřely |
zavřeny
|
| feminine
|
zavřela |
zavřena
|
| neuter
|
zavřelo |
zavřela |
zavřeno |
zavřena
|
| transgressives
|
present
|
past
|
| masculine singular
|
— |
zavřev
|
| feminine + neuter singular
|
— |
zavřevši
|
| plural
|
— |
zavřevše
|
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Antonyms
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