Soucitnému

Soucitnému is the dative singular form of the Czech adjective soucitný, meaning compassionate or empathetic. The stem soucitný derives from the noun soucit (compassion) with the adjectival suffix -ný, and it is used to describe a noun that exhibits compassion.

In Czech, adjectives decline by gender, number, and case. Soucitný changes form to match the noun it modifies. The form soucitnému is used before masculine animate or neuter nouns in the dative singular, for example: Pomáhám soucitnému člověku (I am helping a compassionate person). This illustrates how the adjective aligns with the noun in case and gender.

For feminine nouns, different forms are used, since adjectives agree with the noun in gender as well as case. The masculine/neuter dative form soucitnému is a common instance you will encounter in everyday and literary Czech, particularly when describing how someone interacts with or regards others in a dative construction.

Usage notes:

- soucitný and its inflected forms are appropriate in formal, literary, and neutral registers.

- the word emphasizes the quality of compassion or empathy in a person or, less commonly, in a non-human referent when personified.

See also: soucit (compassion), soucitný (base form).