omezují

Omezují is a Czech verb form meaning they limit or restrict. It is the third-person plural present tense of the verb omezovat, used when the subject is plural and describes actions that reduce options, quantities, or freedoms. The root is mez (limit, boundary) with the prefix o- and the common verb-forming ending -ovat.

Etymology and related forms: The verb omezovat derives from the noun mez (limit, boundary) with the verbal suffix -ovat. Related words include omezení (restriction or limitation), omezit (to limit, to restrict, in its infinitive form), and omezující (restrictive or limiting, as an adjective).

Usage and semantic range: Omezovat describes actions that constrain or reduce something, such as regulations, resources, or possibilities. It is commonly used in political, regulatory, economic, and everyday contexts to express curbing emissions, limiting access, or restricting quantities. In formal or technical texts, it often appears with nouns like emise, kapacita, dodávky, počet.

Examples:

- Zákony omezují emise skleníkových plynů. (Laws restrict greenhouse gas emissions.)

- Firmy omezují dodávky některých výrobků. (Companies limit the supplies of certain products.)

Grammatical note: Omezují is used with plural subjects, while other forms include omezím (I limit), omezíš (you limit), omezí (he/she/it limits), and past forms such as omezil/omezila. The noun form is omezení, and the adjective form is omezující.

See also: omezení, omezit, regulace, limitace, restrikce.