Neprchodný

Neprůchodný is a Czech and Slovak adjective meaning impassable or impenetrable, describing something that prevents passage or access. It is used for physical barriers such as roads, gates, or terrain, as well as for figurative obstacles in non-physical contexts, like processes or systems that cannot be easily overcome.

Morphology and variants: In Czech, the masculine singular form is neprůchodný, with feminine neprůchodná and neuter neprůchodné; in Slovak the corresponding forms are nepriechodný, nepriechodná, nepriechodné. The related noun forms are neprůchodnost (Czech) and nepriechodnosť (Slovak). The term derives from the negation prefix ne- and the stem průchodný (passable) from průchod (passage), itself from Proto-Slavic roots.

Usage: The term is commonly applied to physical obstacles, for example a road or path that cannot be traversed due to snow, floods, or collapsed terrain, as in a sentence describing a now neprůchodná silnice. It is also used metaphorically to describe processes or bureaucratic systems that effectively block progress, such as a neprůchodný byrokratický systém, indicating that entry or advancement is not possible.

Related terms: A closely related synonym in Czech is neprostupný, meaning impenetrable as a barrier. In Slovak, nepriechodný carries the same general sense. Other related expressions include nepřekonatelný (insurmountable) and neprůchodnost as the noun form referring to the state of being impassable.

See also: neprostupný, nepriechodný, neprůchodnost, nepriechodnosť.