krátkých

Krátkých is the genitive plural form of the Czech adjective krátký, meaning short. It is used when the noun it modifies is in genitive plural, and it can also appear in the locative plural in phrases such as na krátkých místech. In Czech, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number, and case, and the ending -ých is a common marker of genitive plural (and, in some contexts, locative plural) for many adjectives with stems like krátký.

Usage and meaning

As with other adjectives, krátký describes a noun by indicating a lack or small degree of length, duration, or size. The form krátkých signals that the associated noun is in genitive plural, for example in constructions that express quantity, measurement, or comparison, or after prepositions that require the genitive case.

Examples

- Počet krátkých textů se snížil. (The number of short texts decreased.)

- Krátkých povídek se sešlo mnoho. (Many short stories gathered.)

- Počet krátkých filmů ve festivalovém programu byl vysoký. (The number of short films in the festival program was high.)

Related forms

Krátký is the base form (masculine singular nominative). Other inflected forms include krátký (nom. sing. masc.), krátká (fem. nom. sing.), krátké (neut./nom. sing.), and longer inflected variants such as krátkých (genitive/plural) and krátkými (instrumental plural). The word originates from the Czech word for “short” and follows standard Czech adjective inflection patterns.