oblastních

Oblastních is a linguistic form rather than a stand-alone term. It is the genitive plural ending of the Czech and Slovak adjective oblastní, derived from the noun oblast meaning a region or territorial area. The word denotes something related to or belonging to regions or regional divisions.

Grammatically, oblastní functions as an adjective, and oblastních is its genitive plural form. This form is used when the noun it modifies is in the genitive plural, for example in phrases like oblastních výborů (of the regional committees) or oblastních úřadů (of the regional offices). Because it operates as an adjective, oblastních can appear in various contexts where a regional or zonal attribute is being described, particularly in official, legal, or historical texts.

Historically, the term has been common in administrative language of the former Czechoslovakia and in current Czech and Slovak usage to describe regional or oblast-based entities. Instances include references to oblastní výbor (regional committee) or oblastní správa (regional administration). In modern usage, many administrative units have shifted to terms such as kraj (region) or okres (district), but oblastní forms remain recognizable in legacy documents and in contexts discussing historical or regional organization.

In a broader sense, oblastních serves as a typical example of how adjectives derived from regional nouns adapt across cases and numbers in Czech and Slovak grammar. It is not used as a standalone noun; its meaning and function depend on the noun it modifies within a sentence.