podmínkou

Podmínkou is the instrumental singular form of the Czech noun podmínka, which means condition, requirement, or stipulation. It designates a constraint or prerequisite that must be satisfied for something to occur, be valid, or be granted.

In usage, podmínkou appears in formal and everyday contexts to specify prerequisites. Examples include: “Podmínkou pro vstup je registrace” (The entry condition is registration) or “Podmínkou získání půjčky je ručení” (A loan requires collateral). The word is often found in phrases with prepositions and verbs such as za podmínkou (on the condition that), stanovit podmínku (to set a condition), and splnit podmínku (to fulfill a condition). In the instrumental form, podmínkou is used after certain constructions that require instrumental, particularly with fixed expressions and legal or administrative language.

Grammatically, podmínka is a feminine noun. The singular instrumental form is podmínkou, used to express the role of a condition in a sentence, while the other singular forms and the plural follow standard Czech declension for feminine nouns: podmínky (nom.), podmínky (gen.), podmínkám (dat.), podmínku (acc.), podmínkami (instr.), podmínkách (loc.). In legal, contractual, and policy texts, podmínka is the common term for stated requirements, and its instrumental form podmínkou is a frequent complement in various constructions.