Prozkoumal

Prozkoumal is a form of the Czech verb prozkoumat, meaning to examine thoroughly or to explore. It is used to describe a completed action of examining or investigating something.

The verb prozkoumat is formed with the prefix pro- added to the already present verb zkousemat? Actually zkoumat, giving a sense of thorough or final examination. As a perfective verb, prozkoumat indicates a single, completed action rather than an ongoing process. Its present/future forms express what will be done, while the past tense forms describe what has already occurred.

In usage, prozkoumat is common in scientific, investigative, journalistic, and literary contexts. Prozkoumal, the masculine singular past tense form, would be used with a masculine subject: for example, On prozkoumal vzorek. Feminine, neuter, and plural past forms exist as well, but the masculine singular prozkoumal is the most frequently encountered form in written Czech when referring to a male subject who completed the examination.

Examples: “Vědec prozkoumal vzorek a uvedl výsledky.” “Ředitel prozkoumal situaci na místě a rozhodl o dalším postupu.” These sentences illustrate how the word situates a completed act of investigation or inspection.

See also: prozkoumat, zkoumat, Czech verb prefixes such as pro- that modify the meaning of base verbs.