scházel

Scházel is the past tense masculine singular form of the Czech verb scházet. In Czech, scházet is an imperfective verb meaning to be missing, to lack, to be short of, or to fail to attend. The meaning covers both physical absence (someone is not present) and quantitative deficiency (insufficient time, money, etc.). The verb is used in a variety of contexts, from everyday talk to writing, and it appears with different subjects according to gender and number.

As a present-tense imperfective verb, scházet denotes ongoing or repeated absence or shortage. In past tense, the form changes to reflect the subject’s gender: scházel for masculine, scházela for feminine, and scházelo for neuter. The conjugation pattern is consistent with other Czech imperfective verbs, and the past forms are commonly used to describe a state that held at a particular time or over a period.

Common usages include expressing personal lack of something, such as time, money, or opportunity, and describing missing attendance or presence. For example, the sentence “Mně schází čas” translates to “I am short of time,” while “Včera mi scházel čas” means “Yesterday I was short of time.” Another example is “Scházel mu čas,” meaning “He was short of time” or “Time was lacking for him.”

See also: chybět, absence, Czech verb scházet.