Sportovními

Sportovními is a Czech grammatical form of the adjective sportovní, which means sport-related or athletic. It is the instrumental plural form, used to modify plural nouns that are in the instrumental case. This form appears in contexts where the noun is presented as the means, accompaniment, or characteristic in combination with the preposition s (with) or in other instrumental constructions.

The form is created from the base adjective sportovní, which derives from sport (sport) with the standard Czech adjectival suffixes that denote relation or pertaining to. sportovními signals both number (plural) and case (instrumental), aligning with the surrounding noun. It is not a separate lexeme but a declined variant used in grammatical constructions.

Common usage of sportovními occurs in sentences describing attributes, equipment, people, or activities related to sport. Examples include s sportovními dovednostmi (with athletic skills), s sportovními návyky (with sporting habits), or sportovními hráči (athletic players). The form is typical in sports journalism, educational texts, and formal descriptions where precise instrumental construction is required.

In overview, sportovními represents a specific, inflected form within Czech grammar that enables speakers to express sport-related attributes in the instrumental plural. It illustrates how Czech adjectives adapt to case and number to modify nouns in a sentence. Related forms include sportovní (base form) and other case-number variants of the same adjective.