nachází

Nachází is a Czech verb form belonging to the imperfective verb nacházet and to the pronominal phrase nacházet se. It appears in present tense as third person singular and has two main uses: to mean “finds” in a general sense, and to indicate location when used with reflexive se, meaning “is located” or “can be found.”

In use, nachází can express discovery with a direct object: for example, On nachází klíč. means “He finds the key.” The reflexive form se nachází is commonly used to describe where something is situated: Město se nachází v centru. means “The city is located in the center.” This locative sense is common in formal and descriptive writing, including geography, descriptions of places, and organizational contexts.

Morphology and related forms: nachází is the present tense 3rd person singular form of nacházet; the corresponding forms for other subjects are nacházím, nacházíš, nacházíme, nacházíte, nacházejí. With se, the phrase follows standard Czech reflexive construction, and it changes with the subject as part of normal agreement. The verb is imperfective, contrasting with the perfective counterpart najít, which expresses a completed discovery rather than ongoing location.

Etymology: the verb is formed with the prefix na- attached to a base related to chodit/cházet, a pattern common in Czech for verbs meaning to come upon or to encounter. This formation yields meanings of discovering or locating that are context-dependent.

See also: nacházet se, najít, navigace. The term is primarily a grammatical form rather than a standalone lexical item and is used across prose, reports, and descriptive text to convey discovery or location.