Prvá

Prvý is a Slovak adjective meaning "first." It is used to designate the initial item in a sequence or to indicate priority, and it functions as an ordinal numeral. Like other Slovak adjectives, it agrees with the gender, number, and case of the noun it modifies, with common forms including prvý (masculine singular), prvá (feminine singular), and prvé (neuter singular). In plural, it appears as prví for masculine, prvé for neuter and mixed, and prvé or prvé for feminine depending on the noun’s gender and declension.

Etymologically, prvý derives from the Proto-Slavic root *prvъ meaning "first." It has cognates in other Slavic languages, such as Czech první, Polish pierwszy, Slovenian prvi, and Russian первый (pervyy). The close resemblance among these forms reflects the shared linguistic heritage of the Slavic language family.

In usage, prvý is employed in ordinary speech and writing to indicate order or sequence, as in prví dni (the first days), prvý deň školského roka (the first day of the school year), or prvá kapitola (the first chapter). It also appears in compound expressions and titles, where it may be capitalized or accented according to orthographic rules and the syntactic role in the sentence.

The word is typically contrasted with a few other ordinal adjectives in Slovak, such as druhý for "second" or tretí for "third," but all share the same general function of marking position within a sequence.