sbíralo

Sbíralo is a Czech verb form. It represents the neuter singular past tense of the verb sbírat, which means to collect or to gather. The form is used when the grammatical subject of the clause is neuter singular, such as a neuter noun or an impersonal situation. As a past tense form, sbíralo indicates a completed or concluded action in the past, with the aspect of the verb being imperfective.

Morphology and related forms: The base verb is sbírat, an imperfective, transitive verb. In past tense, Czech distinguishes gender and number: masculine singular is sbíral, feminine singular is sbírala, neuter singular is sbíralo, and the plural forms include sbírali (masculine), sbíraly (feminine), and sbíralo (neuter). The form sbíralo is thus specifically tied to neuter subjects and to neuter-number contexts in the past tense. The gerundial or present-tense forms use related stems such as sbírám, sbíráš, sbírá.

Usage notes: Sbírat is a common verb in Czech for collecting items, gathering data, or assembling things. The neuter past form sbíralo frequently appears in narrative or descriptive prose when the subject is grammatically neuter. It is one of several gendered past-tense endings that allow speakers to align the verb with the subject’s gender and number.

See also: sbírat, Czech verb with the same root, and related forms in other Slavic languages (for comparison, Slovak uses zbieralo as the neuter past form).

In summary, sbíralo is the neuter singular past tense form of sbírat, used to describe a completed collecting action when the subject is neuter.