Rozliují

Rozliují is a present-tense verb form that may appear in Czech texts as a nonstandard or dialectal variant of the verb meaning to differentiate or distinguish. In standard Czech, the present tense 3rd person plural form of the common verb rozlišovat (to distinguish) is rozlišují. The form rozliují lacks the š (s with háček) that characterizes the standard form, and as such is generally treated as a misspelling or a regional/deviant spelling rather than a normative form.

Origin and meaning

The root concept behind rozlišovat is to perceive differences between items, ideas, or features, and to mark or describe those differences. The prefix roz- conveys separation or distinction, aligning with the general semantic field of distinguishing or differentiating.

Usage and context

In standard usage, associated verbs convey differentiation in scientific, analytical, or everyday contexts. For example, speakers distinguish between phenomena, categories, or measurements. Writers who encounter rozliují in a text would typically correct it to rozlišují, since this is the widely accepted form in contemporary Czech.

Relationship to related forms

Rozlišovat has related forms such as rozliší (future or perfective aspect depending on construction) and rozlišují (present plural). The noun form rozlišení (distinction, differentiation) is closely related semantically.

See also

Rozlišovat, Rozlišení, Differentiation (linguistics)

Note

Because rozliují does not align with standard orthography, it is primarily of interest as a potential error, regional variation, or historical spelling rather than a canonical form in modern Czech.