BOTY

Boty is the Czech and Slovak word for footwear, used mainly as the plural of bota, meaning a shoe or boot. The singular form is bota. In standard usage, boty refers to footwear worn on the feet and includes a wide range of styles such as shoes, boots, sneakers, and sandals when worn as footwear. The broader term for footwear in Czech is obuv, while boty is the everyday term for individual items of footwear.

Boty appears in common expressions and compound phrases, for example kožené boty (leather shoes), sportovní boty (athletic shoes), dětské boty (children's shoes), and boty do deště (rain boots). The word is a basic part of the vocabulary about clothing and personal adornment and is frequently used in everyday speech.

In linguistic context, boty is a core example of a quantity noun that denotes a category of apparel rather than a single item. It is typically modified by adjectives indicating style, material, or purpose, such as kožené, mělké, vysoké, or pracovní boty. The term is commonly taught to language learners as a foundational word for discussing daily attire and shopping.

See also: bota, obuv, footwear.