upustit

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech upustiti. Equivalent to u- +‎ pustit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈupuscɪt]

Verb

upustit pf (imperfective upouštět)

1. to drop, to let fall

   Upustil vázu. ― He dropped the vase.

2. to abandon, to relinquish, to refrain from [with od]

   Synonyms: vzdát se, zříci se, zanechat

   Upustil od svého úmyslu. ― He abandoned his intention.

3. to let off, to release

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	upustit, upustiti	Active adjective	upustivší
Verbal noun	upuštění	Passive adjective	upuštěný

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	upustím	upustíme	—	upusťme
2nd person	upustíš	upustíte	upusť	upusťte
3rd person	upustí	upustí	—	—

The verb upustit 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	upustil	upustili	upuštěn	upuštěni
masculine inanimate		upustily		upuštěny
feminine	upustila		upuštěna
neuter	upustilo	upustila	upuštěno	upuštěna

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	upustiv
feminine + neuter singular	—	upustivši
plural	—	upustivše

Further reading

• “upustiti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “upustiti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “upustit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)