vypína

Vypína is a Czech verb form related to the verb vypínat, meaning to turn off or switch off. In standard Czech orthography the present tense third-person singular form is vypíná (he/she/it turns off). The form vypína can appear in non-diacritic texts or certain interfaces where diacritics are omitted. The root prefix vyp- and the verb suffix -ínat describe an ongoing or habitual action of turning something off.

Morphology and related forms

The imperfective verb vypínat yields a range of present-tense forms: vypínám, vypínáš, vypíná, vypínáme, vypínáte, vypínají. Past forms include vypnul, vypnula, vypnulo. The imperative forms are vypni (informal) and vypněte (formal/plural). Nouns connected with the action include vypínač (switch) and vypínání (turning off, the act of switching off). The opposite action is vypnout, a shorten form often used in spoken language.

Usage

Vypínat is used for electrical devices, software, and other equipment. Examples: “Toto tlačítko vypíná zařízení.” (This button turns off the device.) “Přístroj se automaticky vypíná po desetích sekundách.” (The device automatically powers down after ten seconds.) In everyday language one also speaks of the standby or off mode as režim vypnutí or stav vypnutí.

Notes

Vypínat and its forms are common in technical, electrical, and computing contexts. Diacritic forms (vypíná, vypínat, vypínač) are standard in proper Czech writing; non-diacritic variants appear in informal texts, computing identifiers, or environments that omit diacritics.

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