evropsk

Evropsk is the stem used in Czech and Slovak to form the adjective meaning European. The full forms in Czech are evropský (masculine singular), evropská (feminine singular), and evropské (neuter singular or plural). In Slovak, the corresponding forms are európsky, európska, and európske. The bare stem evropsk- (or európsk-) is not typically used alone in standard prose; it serves as the base for inflected adjectives and for creating compound terms such as european-oriented or european-related phrases.

Etymology and cognates: The adjectives derive from the noun Europe (Evropa in Czech, Európa in Slovak) and from the suffixes that form adjectives in these languages, ultimately tracing back to Latin Europa and Greek Ευρώπη. The root is part of a larger family of European-designation words found across many European languages, though exact spellings differ (for example, evropský in Czech, európsky in Slovak).

Usage: In both languages, evropsk- forms describe things connected with Europe or Europe-wide contexts. Examples include Evropský parlament or Evropská unie in Czech, and európsky parlament or európska únia in Slovak. The term appears in geography, politics, culture, and economics, as well as in descriptive phrases like evropské hodnoty or evropská identita. In written form without diacritics, especially in domain names or older texts, the stem may appear as evropsk, reflecting ASCII rendering.

See also: Europe, European Union, European identity.