africký

Afrrické is an adjective used in Czech and Slovak to denote relation to Africa. It functions to describe nouns connected with the continent, its people, cultures, geography, flora and fauna, or other attributes associated with Africa. The form is part of standard adjective declension in these languages and appears in phrases such as africké státy (African states), africká hudba (African music), or africký kontinent (the African continent). In general, it is written lowercase, unless it is part of a proper noun or at the beginning of a sentence.

In usage, africké is employed to attribute characteristics or origin to a noun. It can describe geographic regions (africké země, africké regiony), cultural products (africká literatura, africké tance), biodiversity (africké savany), or historical contexts (africké koloniální dějiny). The word agrees with the gender and number of the noun it modifies, with the exact ending changing accordingly (for example africký, africká, africké). It is typically paired with common nouns rather than standing alone.

Etymologically, africké derives from Afrika, the name of the continent, and follows the regular patterns of Czech and Slovak adjective formation. The term has no separate independent meaning beyond its descriptive use, and it is distinct from capitalized forms used in proper names, such as Africká unie (African Union) or Africké moře in historical contexts. See also Afrika, African Union, and related cultural and geographic terms.