Zmeneny

Zmeneny is the non-diacritic form of an adjective in Slavic languages that means changed or altered. In standard Czech the corresponding form is změněný and in Slovak it is zmenený. The ASCII spelling zmeneny often appears in computer text, filenames, or contexts where diacritics are not used. The term functions as a past-participle adjective describing a state that has been modified.

Etymology: Zmeneny derives from the verbs změnit in Czech or zmeniť in Slovak, both from a common Proto-Slavic root meaning to change. The diacritic forms reflect regular vowel changes in each language, while zmeneny is a non-diacritic variant commonly adopted for technical or international usage.

Usage: As an adjective, zmeneny describes objects or states that have undergone modification. ASCII examples include zmeneny stav (changed state) and zmeneny soubor (changed file). In proper diacritic forms, Czech would be změněný stav and soubor (změněný soubor), while Slovak would render these as zmenený stav and zmenený súbor. The non-diacritic form is mostly found in contexts where diacritics are omitted, such as programming, databases, or international communications, and is not typically used in formal prose with correct spelling.

See also: změna, zmena, and their variants, which cover the broader concept of change in Czech and Slovak. The distinction between diacritic and non-diacritic spellings reflects broader orthographic conventions rather than separate meanings.