Niektorých

Niektorých is a form of the Slovak determiner niektorý, meaning some or certain. It functions to indicate an unspecified subset of a larger group and is used when the noun it accompanies is in the genitive plural (or in constructions where genitive/accusative is required). The word mirrors the sense of indefiniteness found in English “some,” but it is more tightly integrated into Slovak grammar as a declined determiner.

As a declined form, niektorý changes with gender, number, and case. Niektorých is the genitive plural form, used with masculine personal and neutral nouns in contexts where the noun is governed by a preposition or appears in a sentence that requires plural genitive or accusative. Common examples include phrases like niektorých ľudí (some people) or niektorých vecí (some things). In phrases with z (of), o (about), alebo after verbs that take a genitive/accusative object, niektorých appears as the determiner for the subset under discussion. The corresponding nominative forms are niektorí (masc. personal plural) and niektoré (neutrum/plural or nominative neuter), while the feminine plural genitive form is also niektorých.

Usage notes:

- Niektorých is often found in clauses that specify a portion of a group, e.g., Niektorých ľudí to zaujíma (That interests some people).

- It can pair with the preposition z or with verbs that take genitive/accusative objects, to mark a subset within a larger subject.

- In constructions meaning “some of us” or “some of them,” the related forms adjust to the case and number required by the rest of the sentence, with niektorý/niektorí/niektoré providing the base forms.

Etymology: niektorý derives from a combination of nie- (not) and ktorý (which), akin to the idea of “some/which among,” a common Slavic formation found in Polish (niektóry) and Russian (некоторый).