podobní

Podobné is a Czech adjective meaning similar or alike. It is used to describe likeness between objects, people, events, or ideas and can modify a noun or appear predicatively in a sentence. For example, "Má podobný styl psaní" means "He has a similar writing style," and "To je podobné tomu, co se stalo dříve" means "That is similar to what happened before."

Grammatical usage follows standard Czech adjective agreement. The form changes to reflect gender and number of the noun it describes, and the neuter singular form podobi?ne is common in predicative construction after the neuter pronoun "to" as in "to je podobné." In general, speakers choose the appropriate ending to match the noun.

The adverbial counterpart is podobně, meaning similarly or in a similar way. The noun forms related to podobné include podobnost (similarity) and podoba (appearance or likeness). The root podob- is connected to the idea of appearance or likeness, and the word is widely used across everyday language, literature, and analysis.

Nuance and limits: podobné indicates resemblance rather than exact identity. For precise sameness Czech often uses identický or shodný, while podobný conveys a more comparative or general likeness. The term can describe physical features, behavior, circumstances, or concepts that share common traits without claiming complete equality.

See also: podoba, podobnost, podobný, podobně.