míst

Míst is a Czech grammatical form of the noun místo, meaning place or location. Specifically, míst is the genitive plural of místo and is used to indicate possession, absence, or quantity related to multiple places. It appears in contexts such as "počet míst" (the number of places) or "z několika míst" (from several places).

The noun místo is neuter. Its basic plural nominative is místa, while the genitive plural is míst. Other standard forms include dative místům, accusative místa, locative místech, and instrumental místy. This declension pattern is typical for neuter nouns of this class in Czech.

In everyday language, místa is more common when referring to places as a category or when they are the subject or object in a sentence. Míst, by contrast, is most frequently encountered in genitive constructions, especially with numerals or adjectives that require the genitive plural, such as "počet míst" or "bez míst." The distinction is therefore primarily syntactic rather than semantic.

Examples:

- Počet míst v konferenční místnosti je třicet. (The number of places in the conference room is thirty.)

- Z několika míst se ozývaly hlasy. (From several places, voices were heard.)

See also: místnost, místo, místa.

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