Rosný

Rosný is an adjective in Czech and Slovak that describes something covered with dew or moist with dew. It is used to characterize surfaces, environments, or times when dew is present, most often in the early morning. The term appears in scientific language as well as in descriptive narration to convey a dewy quality.

Etymology and related forms: The word is derived from the noun rosa, meaning dew, with the suffix -ný. It is a cognate form across Czech and Slovak and relates to other moisture-related terms in the languages.

Usage: In meteorology, rosný appears in compounds such as rosný bod, meaning the dew point, the temperature at which air becomes saturated and dew forms. In botany or agriculture, it describes dew-covered vegetation. In everyday speech, rosný emphasizes the presence of dew rather than general moisture, contributing a sense of freshness to descriptions of mornings and outdoor scenes.

Grammar: In Czech and Slovak, rosný is declined as a standard -ný adjective. This means the forms vary by gender, number, and case (for example: rosný for masculine singular nominative, rosná for feminine, rosné for neuter, with corresponding plural forms). It can be used attributively before a noun or predicatively in a sentence.

See also: rosa (dew); rosný bod (dew point). The term is primarily linguistic and meteorological and is used to convey dew-related characteristics in descriptions of weather, surfaces, and natural scenes.