Odvoláva

Odvoláva is a Slovak verb form, specifically the third person singular present tense of the imperfective verb odvolávať. The core meaning of odvolávať is to refer to or to cite a source, and to appeal to or invoke an authority, a principle, or a regulation. In everyday and formal usage, odvolávať sa means to appeal to or to rely on something; common collocations include odvolávať sa na zákon (to cite the law) or odvolávať sa na svedectvá (to refer to testimony).

In legal and administrative contexts, odvolávať sa can denote appealing to a higher authority or invoking a rule to support an argument. The perfective counterpart odvolať expresses a completed action, such as revoke, withdraw, or rescind a decision. The distinction is primarily aspectual: odvolávať describes ongoing or repeated referencing, while odvolať emphasizes a single, completed act.

Common usage notes include its flexible application to arguments, sources, and authorities. For example, žalobca sa odvoláva na zákon (the plaintiff cites the law), alebo odvoláva svoje tvrdenia na výpovede svedkov (he bases his claims on the witnesses’ testimony). In political or public discourse, a writer might say that a speaker odvoláva sa na históriu to justify a position.

Related terms include odvolanie (appeal, reference) and the verb odvolať (to revoke or withdraw). Odvoláva thus functions as a key linguistic tool for signaling justification, citation, or appeal within discourse.