Diétnych

Diétnych is not a standalone lexical entry in modern Slovak; it is a grammatical form rather than a separate concept. It represents the genitive plural of the adjective diétny, which historically carried the sense of “dietary” or “related to a diet.” In contemporary usage, the form diétnych appears mainly in phrases that indicate association with dietary matters.

In current Slovak, the more common adjective describing nutrition and diet is dietetický (dietetický) or diétne. The genitive plural form diétnych is typically found in older texts or in formal, technical, or regional writing. For example, phrases in which the term appears would be construed as pertaining to dietary considerations, such as dietary plans, dietary requirements, or dietary foods, though most speakers would prefer the standard dietetických (genitive plural) or diétne constructions.

Etymology traces diétnych to the noun diéta (diet) and its related adjectives, with historical usage reflecting a broader, sometimes archaic, orthography. In modern Slovak, the preferred forms are dietetický/dietetické and diétne variants, which more clearly express nutritional or dietary content without relying on the older diétny/diétnych paradigm.

Usage notes: When writing about nutrition, medicine, or public health, choose the widely accepted terms dietetický, dietetické, and their inflections. The form diétnych is unlikely to appear in everyday language and should be reserved for historical or highly formal texts.

See also: diéta, diétne potraviny, dietetika, dietetický.