obsahovala

Obsahovala is a Czech verb form derived from obsahovat, meaning to contain or to include. It is the feminine singular past tense form, used when the subject of the sentence is feminine and singular. In English it translates as “contained” or “included” in the sense of what something had within it in the past.

The verb obsahovat is imperfective, describing a state of containing or including. Its past tense forms reflect gender and number: obsahovala (feminine singular), obsahoval (masculine singular), obsahovalo (neuter singular), and obsahovaly (plural). The infinitive form is obsahovat.

Usage in Czech prose typically describes contents of texts, objects, or collections. For example: Kniha obsahovala deset kapitol. Zpráva obsahovala několik důležitých poznámek. These sentences illustrate how the past-tense feminine form is used when the subject is a feminine noun such as kniha or zpráva.

Etymology and related forms: obsahovat is formed with the root zaw content-related elements from obsah (content) and the verbal suffix -ovat. The construction and its past tense forms are common across Czech for describing what something contained or included at a previous time.

See also: obsah (content), obsáhnout (to encompass, to include in a wider sense).