Osobny

Osobny is an adjective used in Czech and Slovak to mean personal or private. It is derived from the noun osoba, meaning person, and is used to indicate something relating to or intended for a person or for individual use. In both languages the word forms to reflect gender and number, and common phrases are built from this stem.

In Slovak, typical inflections are osobný (masculine), osobná (feminine), and osobné (neuter or plural). Common examples include osobný účet (personal account), osobné údaje (personal data), osobný vlak (passenger train), and osobný automobil (passenger car). In legal and data-protection contexts, osovné údaje is used widely to mean personal data.

In Czech, the corresponding form is osobní (used similarly for masculine, feminine, and neuter in different cases). Common phrases include osobní účet, osobní údaje, osobní vlak, and osobní automobil. The term is frequently used in everyday language as well as in official language, especially in contexts dealing with personal information or personal belongings.

A related distinction in both languages is between osobný and sukromný. Osobný emphasizes relation to a person (personal or for an individual), while sukromný more directly means private in the sense of private property or private ownership.

Osobny also appears in data-privacy contexts, where phrases like osobné údaje (Slovak) or osobní údaje (Czech) refer to personal data and are common in discussions of data protection and regulations such as the EU’s general data protection provisions.