Studovány

Studovány is a Czech linguistic term used to describe a past passive participle form of the verb studovat, meaning "to study." As a participle, it functions like an adjective in sentences, indicating that something has undergone study or examination. In everyday usage, studovány appears in contexts such as academic or scientific prose to mark the result of an act of studying, analyzing, or reviewing.

In Czech grammar, past passive participles agree with the noun they modify in gender and number. The form studovány is the feminine plural form, and it is typically found when the subject of the sentence is a feminine plural noun. For example, a sentence like Knihy byly studovány studentkami (The books were studied by female students) demonstrates this agreement. Other plural forms exist for masculine and neuter nouns, depending on the grammatical subject.

The term is primarily a grammatical and stylistic tool rather than a specific semantic field. It helps convey that an item has been the object of study, without specifying who conducted the study. Because it is a passive participle, it often appears in passive constructions with auxiliary verbs such as byly or jsou.

In practice, studovány appears mainly in formal or scholarly writing. It is related to the verb family around studovat and the broader use of participles in Czech to express completed actions related to study and examination.

See also: studovat, Czech grammar, participles.