Skladá

Skladá is a form of the Slovak verb skladáť (or skladáť? the standard written form is skladáť). In modern Slovak, skladá is the third-person singular present tense, meaning it corresponds to "he/she/it composes, puts together" or "it builds." The same verb in this sense is used transitively, as in to assemble objects or to create something by combining parts, and in reflexive constructions to express what something consists of.

In addition to the general sense of assembling or composing, skladá is frequently used with the phrase skladá sa z, meaning "consists of" or "is made up of." For example, "Táto zmluva sa skladá zo štyroch častí" would be rendered as "This contract consists of four parts." The construction skladá sa z is common for describing components or elements of a whole, while the non-reflexive form can indicate a deliberate act of assembling, as in skladá hudbu (to compose music) or skladá predmety (to assemble objects).

Etymology and related forms: skladá is cognate with other Slavic languages’ words for “to assemble” or “to lay.” It derives from a common Slavic root related to arranging or putting together. Related nouns include skladba (a musical composition or arrangement) and skladateľ (a composer or arranger).

Usage notes: Slovak verbs of this class can show dialectal variation in related forms, but skladá is standard in formal and informal usage. The meaning may shift between “to compose” in the sense of creating something new, and “to consist of” in the sense of structural makeup, depending on whether the sentence uses a direct object or the reflexive sa construction.

In summary, skladá functions as a versatile present-tense form used to describe both assembling actions and the compositional makeup of things in Slovak.