prolití

Prolití is a Czech noun meaning the act of spilling or pouring out a liquid, whether by accident or intentionally. The term is commonly used for ordinary spills, such as prolití mléka or prolití vody, and for more violent or metaphorical uses, notably prolití krve, i.e. bloodshed. The word is formed from the verb prolít (to spill) with the nominalizing suffix -í, and it is neuter in gender.

In usage, prolití krve is a standard expression for violence resulting in blood loss, while prolití jiných kapalin refers to the spilling of other liquids. The phrase is frequent in everyday language as well as in historical, legal, or literary texts that describe accidents, negligence, or conflict. Grammatically, the noun appears with the appropriate case endings depending on what is spilled and the surrounding construction, for example: došlo k prolití mléka (there was a spilling of milk), nebo: prolití krve bylo okolnostmi nečekané (the spilling of blood was unexpected).

Related terms include vylití and rozlití, which denote spilling or leakage with slightly different nuances. Vylití often emphasizes the act of pouring out from a container, while rozlití describes the spreading of a liquid over a surface.

See also: vylití, rozlití, krev.