nechtný

Nechtný is a nonstandard Czech adjective that appears as a dialectal or historical variant of the standard nechtěný, meaning “unwanted” or “not desired.” The form is mainly found in older writings and regional speech and is rarely seen in contemporary standard Czech. It orthographically reflects a phonetic simplification or manuscript transmission variant where diacritics were dropped or altered.

The etymology follows the same root as nechtěný: the negating prefix ne- combined with the verb chtít (“to want”), plus the adjectival suffix -ný. The variant nechtný does not represent a separate lexical entry in major dictionaries; instead, it is treated as an archaism or dialectal spelling of nechtěný.

In usage, nechtný is not typical in modern formal Czech. When encountered, it usually appears to reproduce regional pronunciation or historical texture in dialect literature or transcriptions of speech. It does not carry a distinct sense from nechtěný, and its occurrence should be interpreted as an orthographic or dialectal variant rather than a separate word.

Related terms are nechtěný and the verb chtít. The discussion of nechtný can illustrate how negation and adjectival derivation operate in Czech and how diacritics influence standardization and readability in dialects.