sestoupil

Sestoupil is a Czech verb form meaning “he descended” or “has descended.” It is the masculine singular past tense form of the perfective verb sestoupit, which means to descend from a higher place to a lower one. The prefix se- signals movement away from a position, while the root stoupit is related to going up. The related noun sestup denotes a descent.

In grammar, sestoupil is part of the past tense and agrees with the subject in gender and number: sestoupil (m., sg.), sestoupila (f., sg.), sestoupilo (neut., sg.), sestoupili (m., pl.), sestoupily (f., pl.). The imperfective counterpart is sestupovat, whose past tense forms are formed with other endings (e.g., sestupoval, sestupovala). The verb is used in narratives to describe a completed act of moving downward; present forms include sestupuji, sestupuje, and future forms are built from the same stem.

Usage: Sestoupil appears in literary prose, news reporting, and historical texts to describe someone or something descending from a location such as a hill, a staircase, or a platform. It can be used literally or metaphorically.

Example: “Z hory sestoupil po úzké stezce do údolí.” See also sestoupit, sestup, stoupit.