Slová

Slová is the plural form of the Slovak noun slovo, meaning “word.” It denotes more than one word and is the basic unit of language in Slovak. Slovo is neuter in gender, and its plural nominative form is slová, used when referring to multiple words in a sentence or discourse. The word follows standard Slovak declension rules for neuter nouns ending in -o.

The term has cognates in other Slavic languages, reflecting a shared linguistic heritage. In Czech, for example, the equivalent plural is slova, and related forms appear in other languages such as Polish and Russian at varying degrees of similarity.

In everyday use, slová appears in a wide range of contexts to denote words as lexical units, parts of speech, or vocabulary. It is common in both spoken and written Slovak, including educational, literary, and media contexts. In linguistic and computational discussions, slová is used to talk about word tokens in texts, lexicon size, and other quantitative measures of language.

Example: V tej vete sú štyri slová. (There are four words in this sentence.)

See also: slovo, slova (as a related form in other Slavic languages), lexikón.