dálkové

Dálkové is a Czech adjective meaning long-distance or remote, used to describe things that operate at or relate to a distance from the observer or a central point. The base form is dálkový (masculine), with the neuter singular dálkové and feminine dálková; it declines with nouns according to standard Czech adjective patterns. It is commonly used in compound nouns to indicate a distance-related function, often with neuter nouns such as ovládání (control), topení (heating), studium (education), or spojení (connection). The word derives from daleko (far) with the suffix -kové.

In everyday and technical language, dálkové appears in phrases such as dálkové ovládání (remote control), dálkové studium or dálkové kurzy (distance education), and dálkové vytápění (district heating), as well as in telecommunication contexts such as dálkové spojení (long-distance connection). The overarching meaning is that the activity or device is operated or situated at a distance from the user or central system.

Grammar notes: dálkové is used as an attributive adjective and agrees with the noun it modifies. The stem is dálk-, and standard Czech adjective endings apply (masculine dálkový, feminine dálková, neuter dálkové). In translations, it is typically rendered as remote or long-distance.

See also: daleko; district heating; distance learning; remote control.