datová

Datová is a Czech adjective meaning “data-related” or “data-” and is used to describe feminine nouns. It is the feminine singular form of the adjective datový, which agrees with feminine nouns in gender and number. In everyday usage, datová appears in IT, data management, and related policy or legal contexts.

Usage and examples: Datová is common in compound terms such as datová schránka (the official electronic mailbox for individuals and organizations in the Czech Republic), datová ochrana (data protection), datová integrita (data integrity), and datová struktura (data structure). When the modified noun is neuter, the form changes to datové, as in datové centrum (data center). The masculine form is datový, used with masculine nouns or with nouns understood as masculine.

Grammatical notes: Like other Czech adjectives, datová inflects for gender, number, and case. It modifies nouns referring to information or data and is often found in technical, administrative, and legal language. In longer phrases, datová serves to specify that the noun relates to data rather than to other kinds of information.

Etymology: The adjective is derived from data, the plural noun borrowed from Latin datum meaning “given.” In Czech usage, it has become a productive label for data-related concepts and technologies, paralleling similar constructions in other Slavic languages.

See also: datový, datové, datové centrum, datová schránka.