Odchodach

Odchodach is the locative plural form of the Czech noun odchod, which means departure or exit. In standard Czech orthography the locative plural of odchod is usually odchodech, but odchodach appears as the ASCII rendering of the same form when diacritics are omitted. As a grammatical form, odchodach does not constitute a separate concept; it is used to express “in the departures” in contexts that require the locative plural.

Etymology and morphology: The base odchod combines od- “away” with chod “going, walking.” The locative plural endings in Czech vary by noun and stem; odchodach represents one such inflected form used after prepositions that govern the locative case. The ASCII variant odchodach arises when diacritics are stripped, for example in older databases, simple text interfaces, or language-learning materials that do not encode diacritics.

Usage: The form is primarily encountered in linguistic descriptions, dictionaries, or language-learning resources that illustrate Czech declension. In ordinary prose, writers typically use the standard orthographic form appropriate for the text, such as odchodech, or prefer other plural forms like odchody (nominative plural) or odchodů (genitive plural) depending on the grammatical context.

Examples:

- In Czech grammars, you may see a note about odchodach as the locative plural form of odchod.

- A sentence illustrating the locative plural could be: Ve odchodach zaměstnanců došlo k reorganizaci.

See also: odchod (departure), Czech grammar, declension.