fetálneho

Fetálneho is the genitive singular form of the Slovak adjective fetálny, meaning fetal or relating to a fetus. It is used to describe things associated with or occurring during fetal development and is common in medical, anatomical, and biological writing.

The word fetálny derives from Latin fetus (offspring, unborn young) and has been integrated into Slovak with the typical adjective declension. In genitive singular, the masculine and neuter form is fetálneho, while the feminine form is fetálnej. This means that fetálneho is used with masculine or neuter nouns in the genitive case, for example fetálneho vývoja or fetálneho obdobia.

In practice, fetálneho appears in phrases such as fetálneho vývoja (of fetal development), fetálneho obdobia (of the fetal period), or fetálneho tkaniva (of fetal tissue). It functions to specify a relationship to the fetus within a larger noun phrase, exactly as in other Slavic languages that use genitive constructions to denote possessive or descriptive relations.

Contextually, the term is largely restricted to formal or scientific discourse. In everyday Slovak, speakers may use general or non-technical alternatives, but fetálny and its inflected forms remain the standard in medical literature, obstetrics, and anatomy when referring to fetal aspects.

See also: fetálny, fetus, fetal medicine.