Vývoji

Vývoji is the dative or locative singular form of the Czech noun vývoj, which means development or evolution. The concept denotes a process by which something changes, grows, or progresses toward a different state over time. It is applied across a variety of domains, including biology, technology, and social or economic change.

In Czech, vývoji appears when the noun is in the dative or locative case. For example, přizpůsobit se vývoji means to adapt to development (dative), and o vývoji means about the development (locative). The base form vývoj takes other cases, such as vývoje in the genitive (e.g., rychlost vývoje, the speed of development). The choice of case governs its syntactic role within a sentence.

Contexts of vývoj span multiple fields. In biology, development refers to ontogeny—the progression from embryo to mature organism. In technology and industry, development covers innovation, research and development, and the progression of products and processes. In economics and regional planning, development concerns growth, infrastructure, and improvements in living standards. In history and culture, development describes the evolution of ideas, institutions, and social practices over time.

Etymologically, vývoj and its inflected forms come from older Slavic roots associated with unfolding or growth. In contemporary Czech, vývoj is the standard term for development, while vývoji is its inflected form used in specific grammatical contexts. This reflects the broader pattern of noun declension in Czech grammar and the way case affects meaning and syntax.