Slovotvornou

Slovotvornou is the instrumental feminine singular form of the Czech adjective slovotvorný, which means "word-forming" or "derivational." In grammar it functions as a modifier and agrees with feminine singular nouns in the instrumental case.

In linguistic terminology, slovotvorný describes processes and phenomena that create new lexical items from existing ones, such as derivation (adding affixes), compounding (combining words), back-formation, and other morphologically productive mechanisms in Czech and related languages.

As a form, slovotvornou appears in phrases that name the method or manner of word formation, for example: slovotvornou metodou (by a word-formation method) or slovotvornou analýzou (by a word-formation analysis). The head noun in these phrases is typically feminine and in the instrumental case.

Because slovotvorný and its inflected forms are specialized terms used mainly in linguistics, they appear primarily in scholarly texts, grammars, and dictionaries focusing on morphology and lexicology. Etymology: slovotvorný is formed from slovo (word) and tvorný (from tvořit, to form), reflecting its meaning as "word-forming."

See also: word formation, derivational morphology, morphology.