Suspendovaných

Suspendovaných is a form used in Czech and Slovak as the past participle or adjective meaning “suspended.” It describes something or someone that has been temporarily halted, excluded, or held in a state of suspension. The sense can apply to people, objects, or phenomena in a temporary status, such as disciplinary action, a halted activity, or a substance kept in suspension.

In grammar, suspendovaných is most commonly the genitive plural form of the adjective suspendovaný (or of the corresponding past participle). It is used when the governing noun is in genitive plural. For example, in the phrase počet suspendovaných zaměstnanců, which means “the number of suspended employees,” suspendovaných modifies zaměstnanců in the genitive plural. The same form can appear with other nouns in genitive plural, such as suspendovaných hráčů (“suspended players”). In other cases the nominative plural of the same base word is suspendovaní (masculine), suspendované (feminine), or suspendované (neuter/plural, depending on gender and number).

Common contexts for suspendovaných include labor law, sports, and science. In employment matters one speaks of suspendovaných zaměstnanců; in sports of suspended players; in physics or chemistry of suspendované částice (suspended particles). The term is often used interchangeably with or contrasted to synonyms like pozastavený, dočasně vyloučený, depending on nuance and formal style.

Etymologically, suspendovaný derives from suspendovat (to suspend), itself from Latin suspensus or suspendere, with Czech and Slovak adaptations of the root and productive Czech/Slovak derivational patterns.