podstatného

Podstatného is the genitive singular form of the Czech adjective podstatný, meaning “substantial” or “essential.” In Czech, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number, and case; therefore podstatného appears when the noun it describes is in genitive singular. This form is most commonly seen with masculine or neuter head nouns, though feminine forms differ in other genitive contexts.

The form podstatného is not a stand-alone lexical item but a grammatical inflection used to modify nouns in the genitive singular. It often appears in noun phrases such as tvar podstatného jména, meaning “the form of a noun.” For example, the phrase Tvar podstatného jména se mění podle pádu translates to “The form of a noun changes according to the case.” The same pattern can occur in phrases like podstatného významu to express a sense of “substantial significance” in relation to a head noun.

In linguistic description, podstatného is cited as the genitive singular form of podstatný and is encountered in formal or scholarly Czech when discussing adjectives’ agreement with nouns or when analyzing noun phrases that require an adjective in genitive singular.

See also: podstatné jméno (the noun), Czech grammar, adjectives, declension.