Zstávají

Zstávají is not a standard Czech verb form. In most cases it appears to be a misspelling or typographical error for zůstávají, which is the present tense, third person plural form of the imperfective verb zůstávat (to stay, remain). The standard present tense forms of zůstávat are: zůstávám, zůstáváš, zůstává, zůstáváme, zůstáváte, zůstávají. A related perfective form is zůstanou, from the verb zůstat, meaning to remain or stay for a completed action, depending on context.

In proper use, zůstávají expresses ongoing or repeated staying or remaining: they remain, they stay. Examples include: Lněné zůstávají na místě. Podmínky zůstávají stejné. Lidé zůstávají v budově až do rána.

If you encounter zstávají in text, it is advisable to treat it as a probable error and correct it to zůstávají, unless the spelling appears in a quoted misspelling or a typographical artifact. The distinction is important because the incorrect form can obscure meaning or hinder search and linguistic analysis.

Related terms include zůstávat (to stay, to be remaining in an ongoing sense) and zůstat (to stay, to remain, often with a perfective nuance). In Czech orthography, the diacritic on the letter ů is essential for correct pronunciation and meaning.

Notes on usage: orthography and proper accents are important in standard Czech; errors like zstávají may arise from typographical mistakes, OCR errors, or unfamiliarity with the correct umlaut-like marking in zůstávají.