Udriavajú

Udriavajú is a Slovak verb form that represents the third-person plural present indicative of the imperfective verb udriavať. The meaning centers on striking or hitting repeatedly or habitually, rather than a single completed act. As an imperfective form, it emphasizes repetition, process, or general action in the present tense.

In usage, udriavajú is employed to describe ongoing or repeated hitting in various contexts. This can include physical actions in sports or combat, or non-literal meanings such as sounds repeatedly striking a surface. The form is typical of Slovak narrative and descriptive prose and is not used in Czech, where a different set of forms and aspectual patterns applies.

Morphologically, udriavať belongs to the -ávať class of Slovak imperfective verbs, which produce present-tense forms with the suffixes appropriate for habitual or repeated action. The present tense third-person plural ending corresponds to the subject, such as they or plural subjects, and is written as udriavajú with diacritics in standard Slovak orthography. The verb has a corresponding perfective counterpart udrieť, used when the action is viewed as a single, completed event.

Etymologically, udriavať is derived from the stem related to udrieť or bearing the core meaning of striking, augmented with the iterative suffix -ávať to signal repetition. The pairing of imperfective udriavať and perfective udrieť allows speakers to express nuances of frequency and aspect in describing hitting actions.