upravovány

Upravovány is a Czech participial form derived from the verb upravovat, meaning to adjust, modify, or edit. It functions as a present passive participle and is used to describe things that are in the process of being edited or modified. In everyday and technical writing, it appears in constructions such as are being edited or are under modification.

Grammatical notes and usage: upravovat is imperfective, and upravovaný forms the present passive participle. The form upravovány (often written without diacritics as upravovany) agrees with a plural masculine or mixed-gender subject in the nominative, e.g., Soubory jsou upravovány (The files are being edited). In past contexts it appears with auxiliary verbs to indicate ongoing or repeated modification, e.g., Byly upravovány podle nové revize. For completed modifications Czech typically uses the finite form upravený (edited) or the past passive form with upravil/y, depending on tense and voice.

Distinctions: upravovány denotes an ongoing or general state of modification rather than a completed change. For a finished edit, the common term is upravený. The nuance is similar to English “being edited/being adjusted” versus “edited.”

Related terms: upravit (to edit, to fix, to regulate, perfective counterpart of upravovat), upravený (edited, corrected), and opravovat (to repair, fix). The choice among these forms reflects aspect (imperfective vs. perfective) and the degree of completion of the modification.

See also: upravit, upravený, upravování, opravit.