Opakovujúci

Opakovujúci is a present active participle in Slovak, formed from the verb opakovať, meaning to repeat. It functions chiefly as an adjective and describes something that repeats, recurs, or occurs again and again. The form agrees with the noun it modifies in gender, number, and case.

Morphology and usage notes:

In masculine singular nominative, the form is opakovujúci; feminine is opakovujúca; neuter is opakovujúce. The participle is derived from the imperfective aspect of opakovať and is frequently used to characterize processes, events, or phenomena as recurring. It can also describe a person who repeats something, though in everyday style it is more common to paraphrase with a verb phrase (opakuje) when referring to a person.

Typical contexts:

- opakovujúci process or event: opakovujúci sa cyklus (a recurring cycle)

- opakovujúci jav: a recurrent phenomenon

- in education or behavior, describing repetition of actions or instructions: opakovujúci postupy (repeating procedures)

Relation to related forms:

The concept of repetition is more commonly expressed with the noun opakovanie (repetition) or the verb opakovať. The participle opakovujúci provides a concise descriptive option when the emphasis is on the characteristic of repetition rather than on the act itself.

See also:

opakovať, opakovanie, opakovanie sa.