kulturou

Kulturou is the instrumental singular form of the Czech noun kultura, meaning culture. It denotes the instrument or means by which an action is performed and is used in sentences that require the instrumental case, one of the seven grammatical cases in Czech. The instrumental form is typically employed after verbs that take the instrumental or after prepositions that require this case. In practice, kulturou can appear in constructions expressing a means or manner, such as phrases using the preposition s meaning “with” (for example, s kulturou).

Kulturou belongs to the standard inflection pattern for feminine nouns ending in -a in Czech, where the instrumental suffix is -ou. The locative form of the noun is kultuře, and other cases follow the broader declension pattern of kultura. The root kultura is of Latin origin, transmitted into Czech through historical contact and shared Slavic development; cognates appear in related languages, such as Polish kultura with instrumental form kulturą, and Slovak kultúrou.

In a linguistic context, kulturou illustrates how Czech marks means or instrument within the sentence, and how the instrumental case interacts with prepositions and verbs. The form is a common component of everyday Czech, especially in phrases that describe actions performed through culture-related means or in lists that compare cultural domains. See also kultura and Czech grammar for related topics.