ohrozili

Ohrozili is a Czech verb form meaning “they threatened.” It is the past tense, third person plural form of the verb ohrozit, which is perfective and denotes a completed act of threatening. The imperfective counterpart is ohrožovat, used for ongoing or habitual threats.

Etymology and morphology: ohrozit is formed with the prefix o- added to the root hrozit, which is related to the noun hrozba (threat). Ohrozili specifically marks masculine plural or mixed-gender subjects in the past tense. Other related past forms include ohrozil (he threatened), ohrozila (she threatened), and ohrozilo (it threatened).

Usage: Ohrozili is used to describe actions in which a group or plural subject performed a threat. It appears in news reporting, legal or political texts, and narrative prose to convey that a threat occurred in the past. As a perfective verb, it typically implies a single, completed act rather than repeated or ongoing threats.

Examples: Útočníci ohrozili civilisty. (The attackers threatened civilians.) This example illustrates a plural subject performing a threat in the past, consistent with the gender and number marking of ohrozili.

See also: ohrozit, ohrožení, hrozba, ohrožovat. These related terms cover the verb family (to threaten), the noun for threat, and the imperfective counterpart.