nasledujúca

Nasledujúca is a Slovak adjective meaning "the following" or "the next" and is used to refer to something that comes after in a sequence or to indicate the next item in a text or discussion. The word derives from the verb nasledovať (to follow) with the prefix na-, forming an adjective that describes order or succession. Like other Slovak adjectives, its form agrees with the gender and number of the noun it modifies: nasledujúci for masculine singular, nasledujúca for feminine singular, and nasledujúce for neuter singular and for many plural forms.

Common usage includes attributive position before a noun, as in nasledujúca kapitola (the following chapter), nasledujúci týždeň (the next week), or nasledujúce obdobie (the following period). It is frequently found in academic, technical, and journalistic writing to point to material that follows or to introduce a subsequent item in a list or sequence. In longer constructions, the adverbial form nasledujúco can be used, for example nasledujúco uvedené pravidlá meaning "the rules given below" or "as follows."

Related forms include the masculine form nasledujúci and the neuter form nasledujúce, with the plural forms adapting to the noun’s gender and number. The word is closely related to synonyms such as ďalší (the next) and to verbs like nasledovať (to follow). Usage tends to be formal or neutral, fitting paragraphs that progress from one point to the next.

See also: ďalší, nasledovať, sledovať, nasledujúci.