kultúrnej

kultúrnej is a Slovak grammatical form of the adjective kultúrny, meaning cultural. It is used to modify feminine nouns and appears in the genitive singular and the dative singular. Because it is an inflected form rather than a standalone word, kultúrnej only occurs within a sentence to agree with a feminine noun in the appropriate case.

Typical usage involves indicating relation to culture, ownership, or association with something cultural. For example, in the phrase kultúrnej pamiatky, the adjective governs the feminine noun pamiatka in the genitive singular, yielding “of a cultural monument.” In a different case, such as the dative, kultúrnej pamiatke would correspond to “to/for a cultural monument.” Other feminine nouns that can take this form include kultúrnej inštitúcie (cultural institution) or kultúrnej udalosti (cultural event), depending on the required case.

Etymology traces kultúrnej back to the root kultúra (culture) and the adjective suffix -ný, forming a descriptive term meaning “relating to culture.” In Slovak, adjectives decline to reflect gender, number, and case, so kultúrnej is one of several gender-specific forms of kultúrny.

See also Slovak grammar, adjective declension, and the word kultúra.