Biochemických

Biochemických is the genitive plural form of the Czech adjective biochemický, meaning biochemical or related to biochemistry. In Czech, adjectives reflect the gender, number, and case of the nouns they modify, so biochemických appears in contexts where the noun is in the genitive plural, typically after verbs, prepositions, or in phrases that require the genitive.

Usage and function

The form is common in scientific and academic writing when describing processes, substances, methods, or findings related to biochemistry. It can modify masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns in genitive plural. Examples include biochemických procesů (biochemical processes), biochemických sloučenin (biochemical compounds), biochemických markerů (biochemical markers), and biochemických metod (biochemical methods). It often appears after prepositions that govern the genitive, such as bez biochemických nákladů or během biochemických reakcí.

Relation to the field

Biochemiky, or biochemistry, studies the chemical mechanisms underlying biological systems. The adjective biochemický therefore describes attributes, techniques, or phenomena tied to this field, and biochemických is a grammatical inflection used to link those attributes to specific nouns in genitive plural.

Etymology and scope

The term derives from biochemie (biochemistry), formed by combining biology and chemistry with the Czech suffix -ický to form an adjective. The genitive plural ending -ických enables precise expression in contexts where the noun is counted in plural and in a syntactic position requiring the genitive case.

See also

biochemie, biochemický, genitiv, Czech grammar, scientific Czech.