Láska

Láska is a Czech noun that translates as love. It denotes a deep positive feeling or attachment toward a person, a group, an idea, or a thing. In everyday usage, láska covers romantic love between partners, familial love such as between parents and children, friendship, and compassionate love toward others or toward non-human objects or activities, for example láska k hudbě.

Usage and forms: The Czech language distinguishes different intensities and relations through verbs and modifiers. The verb milovat expresses strong, enduring love; zamilovat se means to fall in love; mít rád is used for liking or loving someone in a more general or milder sense. Láska is often qualified by types such as láska romantická, láska rodinná, a přátelská láska, or bezpodmínečná láska.

Cultural and linguistic context: In Czech culture, láska appears as a central theme in literature, film, and music. Proverbially, it is said that "Láska hory přenáší" (Love moves mountains). In religious contexts, láska can denote divine or unconditional love toward God or others, and it is used in ethical discussions.

From a scholarly perspective, love is studied in psychology and sociology in terms of attachment, intimacy, commitment, and passion, dimensions that correspond to everyday experiences of láska. The term remains flexible, broad, and deeply embedded in personal life and cultural expression in Czech-speaking communities.