Obmedzili

Obmedzili is a form of the Slovak verb obmedziť, meaning to limit or restrict. It denotes a completed action in the past and is used with a plural subject, typically in the masculine personal form. As a perfective verb, obmedziť describes something that has been done to impose limits, rather than a continuing process.

In usage, obmedzili appears in contexts such as government measures, organizational rules, or business decisions that reduced access, movement, capacity, or rights. It is common in news reporting, legal texts, and formal communication, but also appears in everyday speech. For example, Vláda obmedzila pohyb občanov, to express that the government restricted the movement of citizens; Firma obmedzila počet zamestnancov, meaning a company reduced its number of employees.

Morphologically, obmedzili is the past tense, masculine personal plural form of obmedziť. Related forms include obmedzil (masculine singular), obmedzila (feminine singular), obmedzili (masculine plural), and obmedzili sme (we restricted) depending on the subject. The imperfective counterpart is obmedzovali, used for ongoing or repeated restricting actions without indicating a clearly completed result. Antonyms include uvoľniť or zbaviť obmedzení, meaning to loosen restrictions.

Notes: obmedziť is a common verb in Slovak, with obmedzili representing a straightforward past-tense assertion of a done constraint.