Rozbití

Rozbitý is a Czech adjective meaning broken, shattered, or damaged. It is derived from the verb rozbít “to break” and functions as a past participle used as an adjective to describe something that has been broken or rendered unusable. The word is common in everyday language and can describe both concrete objects and more abstract states.

Used literally, rozbitý describes items that have sustained breakage, such as rozbitý talíř (a broken plate) or rozbité sklo (broken glass). It can also be used figuratively to convey damaged or unsuccessful states, for example rozbitý sen (a broken dream) or rozbitá důvěra (damaged trust). The term is flexible in tone and can appear in colloquial and formal contexts.

Grammatical notes: Rozbitý declines like a standard Czech adjective and agrees with the gender and number of the noun it modifies. It can appear attributively (rozbitý stůl) or predicatively (Stůl je rozbitý). The neuter and plural forms follow the usual adjective agreement patterns in Czech.

Etymology and related forms: The word comes from rozbít, “to break.” Related forms include rozbitá, rozbité, and the noun rozbití meaning the state or act of being broken or damaged. In some contexts, synonyms such as zlomený (for bent or snapped) or poškozený (damaged) may be used, though they carry subtly different nuances.