Unikají

Unikají is a Czech verb form meaning they escape or they are escaping. It is the present tense, third-person plural form of the verb unikat or uniknout, depending on the dictionary entry. In ordinary usage, unikají describes subjects that are slipping away, evading pursuit, or avoiding capture. The exact nuance can vary with context, but the core meaning centers on movement away from a pursuer, danger, or constraint.

Etymology and grammar. The stem unik- originates from the Czech verb family related to escaping or avoiding. The suffix -ají marks the third-person plural present tense for certain verbs of the -at conjugation in Czech. In practice, unikají commonly appears in narrative or descriptive sentences to convey ongoing or imminent escape by multiple subjects.

Usage. Unikají appears in everyday Czech, especially in reports, storytelling, or dialogue involving pursuit or evasion. It can describe people, animals, or objects that manage to slip away from a threat or constraint. Depending on the surrounding sentence, the phrase may refer to a currently occurring action or a general statement about habitual behavior.

Related forms. The root can appear in other tenses and persons, such as unikám (I escape), unikáš (you escape), uniká (he/she/it escapes), or in different aspectual pairs with imperfective or perfective nuances.

See also. Unikat, uniknout, uniknout z, únik (escape, exit). These terms are connected through the broader semantic field of escaping, evading, or slipping away.