krizím

Krizím is the non-diacritic rendering of a Czech verb form. It corresponds to the first-person singular present tense of the verb křížit, which means to cross, intersect, or to crossbreed. In standard Czech orthography the form is written křížím, with the háček on the í. The form krizím appears mainly in contexts where diacritics are omitted, such as ASCII text or older printed material.

Morphology and usage. The base verb křížit belongs to the group of Czech imperfective verbs and has several senses, including crossing physical objects (to cross a street or a river), crossing lines or paths, and crossing plants or animals in breeding. The diacriticless form krizím preserves the same grammatical function as křížím, but it is not considered correct in properly diacritized Czech. In most editing and publishing settings, krizím should be corrected to křížím.

Etymology. The verb křížit derives from the noun kříž, meaning cross, tracing to the Proto-Slavic root associated with crossing or intersecting. The meaning domain includes literal crossing as well as figurative uses such as combining or interbreeding elements.

Notes. As a nonstandard spelling, krizím is primarily encountered in non-accented text or when diacritics are stripped. For accurate written Czech, the diacritic form křížím is preferred.