ekonomickom

Ekonomickom is the locative singular form of the adjective ekonomický, used in Slovak (and in the Czech variant with diacritics as ekonomickém) to mean "economic" or "economical" depending on context. It is not a standalone noun; it functions as an inflected adjective that agrees with a masculine or neuter noun in the locative case.

In Slovak, adjectives agree with nouns in gender, number, and case. The locative case is used after prepositions such as v (in), o (about), or na (on/in the context of), to indicate the topic or location of discussion. Examples include: v ekonomickom prostredí (in the economic environment), o ekonomickom raste (about economic growth), v ekonomickom sektore (in the economic sector), or na ekonomickom vývoji (in economic development).

The Czech form corresponding to the same usage is ekonomickém (with the diacritic). The meaning remains the same: it conveys topics related to the economy or economic aspects when combined with a suitable noun.

Etymology and usage context: ekonomický derives from ekonomika (economy), itself linked to historical terms for household management and administration, and ultimately to Greek oikonomia through Latin and other Romance languages. In contemporary usage, ekonomickom appears in formal or technical Slovak texts to describe economic topics, sectors, environments, or trends in a phrase governed by prepositions that require the locative case.

In summary, ekonomickom is a grammatical form rather than a standalone concept, used to express "in the economic" sense when referring to masculine or neuter nouns in Slovak (and similarly in Czech with ekonomickém).