Následujícím

Následujícím is a declined form of the Czech adjective následující, which means following or subsequent. The base form následující is used in the nominative singular and in most other separable contexts, while následujícím appears in the dative, instrumental, and locative singular, depending on the sentence structure. In other genders and numbers, corresponding forms of the same adjective are used.

The primary function of následujícím is to describe something that comes after or next in a sequence, and it is commonly found in formal writing, instructions, and descriptions. For example, in the locative phrase v následujícím textu means “in the following text,” and in the instrumental phrase následujícím dnem means “on the following day.” Other common collocations include následující kapitola (the following chapter) or následující položky (the following items). The form is chosen to agree with the gender, number, and case of the noun it modifies.

Následujícím is closely related to další, another Czech term for “next” or “additional,” but there is a nuance: následující emphasizes sequence and what immediately follows, whereas další can carry a broader sense of “another” or “the next in a series.” The word originates from the verb následovat, to follow.

In usage, it is important to select the correct case form to match the sentence’s grammatical role, and to distinguish when the meaning refers to something that follows in content, time, or order.