Rozpoutní

Rozpoutní is a Czech term that appears as a noun and as an attributive form derived from the verb rozpoutit, meaning to unleash, to erupt, or to unleash a force. In standard usage, the more common noun for such events is rozpoutání. Rozpoutní is relatively rare in everyday language and is mostly found in literary, historical, or rhetorical contexts.

The sense of rozpoutní is the act or process of unleashing something—often a force, conflict, or tumult—and it can describe sudden intensification or escalation, such as a storm, a riot, or a surge of emotion. Grammatically, it can function as an abstract noun or, in some stylistic constructions, as an attributive element in phrases, though these uses are marked and less common in contemporary prose.

Etymology: the form is built from the verb rozpoutit with the nominalizing suffix -ní, related to rozpoutat and the common noun rozpoutání. The term is therefore closely connected to the broader family of words around unleashing or eruption, but rozpoutní itself is not widely standardized in modern Czech.

Usage notes: Rozpoutní is primarily a stylistic or archaic/poetic choice. In many contexts, writers would prefer more ordinary terms such as rozpoutání, vypuknutí, or vyvolání to convey the idea of an outburst or outbreak without the heightened flavor of rozpoutní.

See also: rozpoutat, rozpoutání, vypuknutí, vyvolání.