Nových

Nových is a form of the Czech adjective nový, meaning "new." It is not a standalone lexeme with its own meaning but a grammatical ending used to agree with a plural noun in certain cases. In standard Czech, nových appears most often in genitive plural and in locative plural forms.

In the genitive plural, nových accompanies masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns to express "of the new" or to describe a quantity associated with new items. For example: cena nových aut (the price of new cars), počet nových případů (the number of new cases). Here aut and případů are in genitive plural, and nových is the modifying form of nový.

In the locative plural, nových occurs after prepositions such as o, na, or v, indicating the topic or object of discussion in the plural. For example: o nových zkušenostech (about new experiences), v nových barvách (in new colors). The ending -ých marks the plural form of the adjective in these locative contexts.

Morphology and usage notes:

- The ending -ých is a common genitive plural and locative plural ending for adjectives in Czech, affecting all genders of the noun it modifies.

- The form nových is specifically tied to the adjective nový; other related forms include nové, nová, noví, and nového, which appear in other cases and numbers.

- The use of nových relies on standard Czech agreement rules, and context usually clarifies whether the phrase is genitive plural or locative plural.

Etymology: nových derives from the Proto-Slavic root nov- meaning "new," with suffixes that produce the plural genitive/locative form in Czech.

See also: nový, gramatika češtiny, čeština (grammar).