Veliký

Veliký is a Slavic adjective meaning large or great, used to express size or degree in Czech and Slovak. It can function as an attributive modifier (veliký dům, velký problém) or predicatively. The form is derived from Proto-Slavic *velikъ and is cognate with Polish wielki, Russian velikiy, Ukrainian velikyi, and the Slovak form veľký.

In modern usage, the standard Czech form is velký; in Slovak, the corresponding form is veľký. The spelling "veliký" is not typical in contemporary standard Czech and appears primarily in older texts or in less common variants, while the Slovak equivalent uses diacritics (veľký). The root is common across Slavic languages and often appears in compound place names and personal names as well.

Declension and comparison: In Czech, velký declines by gender and number as velký (masculine singular), velká (feminine singular), velké (neuter singular); the comparative is větší and the superlative největší. In Slovak, veľký declines as veľký (masculine singular), veľká (feminine singular), veľké (neuter singular); the comparative is väčší and the superlative najväčší.

Usage notes: Veliký appears in everyday Czech and Slovak to denote a sizeable object or a strong degree, as in velký dům or veľký dom. It also occurs in idiomatic expressions such as velký dík, meaning a great thanks. As a root word, it is shared across Slavic languages, often forming the basis for words meaning “large” or “great.”