konferencë

Konferencí is the instrumental singular form of the Czech noun konference, which means a conference or formal meeting. The base noun is feminine, and in the instrumental singular it takes the ending -í, yielding konferencí. The corresponding instrumental plural is konferencemi. In Czech grammar, the instrumental case is used to express means or instrument and to indicate accompaniment, so konferencí appears in contexts where a conference is the means by which something is done or the entity involved in an action.

Etymology: Konferencí derives from the Latin conferentia, via the French conférence, and entered Czech through historical linguistic contact with European languages.

Usage notes: The noun konference has other cases for singular and plural (for example nominative konference, dative konferenci, locative konferenci). The instrumental form konferencí is most common in grammatically explicit constructions or in linguistic or dictionary contexts that describe the declined forms of the word. In everyday writing, speakers more often refer to a conference by its base form konference or its plural konference, depending on number.

See also: konference, Czech grammar, instrumental case, conference.