hudební

Hudební is a Czech adjective meaning "musical" or "related to music." It is used to describe objects, works, and disciplines connected with music and is commonly found in compound nouns such as hudební skladba (musical composition), hudební nástroj (musical instrument), hudební festival (music festival), or hudební teorie (music theory). The form hudební is declined to agree with the noun it modifies in gender, number, and case.

Origin and morphology: the adjective is derived from the noun hudba (music) with the adjectival suffix -ní. The base form is hudeb-, which appears in various inflected forms (for example hudební, hudebně as an adverb).

Usage: hudební appears across everyday language, education, media, and scholarly discourse to indicate a relation to music, often in formal or technical contexts. It is commonly paired with terms for genres, instruments, styles, or institutions, for example hudební žánr (musical genre), hudební historie (music history), hudební výchova (music education).

Notes: the word is typically lowercase in running text and forms part of many established compound terms in Czech, from descriptive phrases to professional titles such as hudební dramaturg or hudební kritik. Related terms include hudba (music) and hudebník (musician). The adverbial form is hudebně.