podepsali

Podepsali is the third-person plural past tense form of the Czech verb podepsat, meaning to sign a document or to place a signature on something. It denotes a completed action carried out by a group that is masculine or mixed in gender; for a feminine plural subject the form would be podepsaly.

Podepsat is a perfective verb, used to describe a single, finished act of signing. Its imperfective counterpart is podepisovat (often used to talk about signing repeatedly or habitually), with past tense forms like podepisovali or podepisovaly depending on the subject’s gender.

In usage, podepsali commonly appears in news reports, official statements, and everyday language when referring to a group that has signed an agreement, contract, petition, or letter. The choice of this form signals that the signing event has been completed. For example: Podepsali smlouvu po dlouhých jednáních. Podepsali petici, kterou podpořili veřejné mínění.

Grammatical note: present-tense forms of the same verb are podepisuji, podepisuješ, podepisujeme, and so on; the past tense aligns with the subject’s gender and number, making podepsali the correct masculine/mixed-gender plural form, and podepsaly the feminine plural form.

Related terms include poděpsat (a less common or obsolete variant), podpis (signature), and podpisové listy (signature sheets). The wordPodepsali is a concise example of how Czech marks tense and gender on verbs to convey who performed a completed action.