pozorován

Pozorován is the masculine singular past passive participle of the Czech verb pozorovat, meaning to observe or to watch. It functions as an adjective or as part of a passive voice construction and agrees with the subject in gender and number.

Etymology and related forms: It is formed from the verb pozorovat with the past participle suffix -án. The root pozor- is related to observation or notice. Related words include pozorování (the act or process of observing) and pozorovatel (observer). The participle has corresponding feminine, neuter, and plural forms that agree with the noun they modify or describe.

Usage: Pozorován is used in formal, scientific, historical, or journalistic contexts to denote that something has been observed or seen. It can appear predicatively with a linking verb (byl/byla/bylo) or attributively before a noun. Examples: “Změna klimatu byla pozorována” (The climate change was observed). “Byl pozorován nový jev.” (A new phenomenon was observed.)

Notes: As a past passive participle, pozorován is one of several verb-derived adjectives that express a completed observational action. Its exact form changes with gender and number in standard Czech grammar. In everyday language, simpler constructions such as “byl pozorován” are more common than extended adjectival phrases.

See also: pozorovat, pozorování, pozorovatel.