Vyhledali

Vyhledali is the third person plural past tense form of the Czech verb vyhledat, meaning “they looked up” or “they searched for” something. It represents a completed, specific action of seeking or locating information, a finding or discovery that has already occurred in the narrative timeline.

Etymology and meaning: Vyhledat is a perfective verb formed from vy- (a prefix indicating completion or outward movement) and hledat (to search or look for). The combination expresses the act of searching with a successful or defined outcome. In contrast, the imperfective counterpart vyhledávat refers to repeated or ongoing searching without a definite endpoint.

Usage: The form vyhledali appears in written and spoken Czech to describe actions performed by a masculine plural subject (for example, teams, authorities, researchers) that involved looking up, finding, or locating information, items, or persons. It commonly appears in journalism, police reports, academic writing, and narrative prose. It can denote searches conducted in databases, archives, field investigations, or in the course of locating missing persons or evidence.

Morphology and related forms: As a past tense form, vyhledali corresponds to other gender/number combinations of the same verb, such as vyhledal (masculine singular), vyhledala (feminine singular), vyhledalo (neuter singular), and vyhledali or vyhledaly (plural). The infinitives are vyhledat (perfective) and vyhledávat (imperfective). A related noun is vyhledání (“the act of looking up” or “a lookup”), and an adjective form is vyhledávací (“search-related” or “lookup”). See also vyhledání, vyhledat, vyhledávat.