Vyhledávající

Vyhledávající is a Czech present active participle of the verb vyhledávat (to search for, look up). It denotes the agent performing the action of searching and can function as both an adjective and a substantive meaning “the one who searches.” For example, vyhledávající uživatel describes a user who is currently searching, or a phrase like vyhledávající v katalogu referring to someone performing a search in a catalog.

Morphology and usage: as an active participle, vyhledávající agrees with the noun in gender, number, and case, and is used in formal or technical style. It is formed from the imperfective vyhledávat; the perfective vyhledat does not produce a present-participle form with the same meaning. When used as an attributive adjective, it behaves like other -ávající participles in Czech grammar.

Context and nuance: vyhledávající is common in technical writing, databases, catalogs, and descriptions of search interfaces, where the subject performing the search is specified. In everyday speech, speakers more often use synonyms such as hledající (the one who seeks) or rephrase to avoid a participle.

Related terms: vyhledávání (the act of searching or lookup), vyhledávač (search engine), vyhledávací (adjective meaning “searching” or “designed for search”), vyhledat (to search for/look up; perfective).

Notes: the word is context-specific and appears mainly in formal or technical contexts. Examples include phrases like vyhledávající uživatel in a catalog or vyhledávací algoritmus as a label for a search-related function.