Skupín

Skupín is the genitive plural form of the Slovak noun skupina, meaning "group" or "assembly." It is used in contexts requiring the genitive case, such as after numerals or after words that govern the genitive, and to indicate an amount or subset of groups (for example in statistics or sociological descriptions).

Etymology and cognates: skupina derives from the Slavic root skup-, meaning "to gather," with the common suffix -ina forming a noun for a collective. The genitive plural is skupín in Slovak; in Czech the corresponding form is skupin.

Usage notes: The form appears in phrases like počet skupín ľudí ("the number of groups of people") or v rámci rôznych skupín ("within various groups"), and it is common in academic writing and official reports. Its meaning depends on context and the surrounding grammatical structure.

Relation to other forms: The base noun is skupina; many inflected forms exist for singular and plural in Slovak, with skupín serving a grammatical role rather than a standalone lexical item.

Skupín is not a proper noun and does not denote a place, organization, or individual by itself. It functions as a grammatical form within the noun skupina and is typically encountered in written Slovak.