Laickou

Laickou is the instrumental feminine singular form of the Czech adjective laický, meaning lay, secular, or non-professional. The adjective laický originates from Latin laicus, via ecclesiastical Latin, and in Czech it is used to describe things related to the laity or to non-clerical contexts, as opposed to clerical or professional spheres.

In grammar, laickou is used to modify feminine nouns in the instrumental case. It appears in phrases that indicate actions, opinions, or attributes carried out by laypeople or expressed in lay terms. A common example is s laickou veřejností, meaning with the lay public, which contrasts lay perspectives with those of experts or clergy. The form is standard in Czech and occurs across journalism, public discourse, and legal language whenever non-professional or non-specialist viewpoints are involved.

Laickou is one of several inflected forms of laický. Other forms include laický (masculine nominative), laické (neuter or masculine in other cases depending on the noun), and corresponding instrumental or other-case variants such as laickým. It is important to note that laickou is an adjective form and does not function as a standalone noun.

See also: laik (layperson), laická veřejnost, laický.