politickou

Politickou is the feminine accusative singular form of the Czech adjective politický, meaning political. It is used to describe feminine nouns in the direct object position or after prepositions that govern the accusative case. For example: Viděl jsem politickou stranu (I saw a political party), Potřebovali jsme politickou reformu (We needed a political reform), Politickou situaci řeší vláda (The government is addressing the political situation).

In Czech, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number, and case. The feminine nominative singular form is politická, while the feminine accusative singular form is politickou. This distinction is visible in sentences where the noun changes case, such as from Politická strana to Viděl jsem politickou stranu. Adjectives of this type decline across cases and numbers, affecting meaning and syntax.

Etymology and usage context: Politická derives from politika, the noun for politics, which itself traces to Latin politica and Greek politeia. The word entered Czech through early modern borrowings and has since become standard in journalism, academia, and public discourse. It functions as a regular descriptive modifier in phrases relating to political topics, actors, or processes.

See also: politika, politický. The term politika denotes the field or study of politics, while politický is the baseline adjective meaning political, pairing with feminine nouns in appropriate cases to form phrases such as politickou otázkou, politická strana, or politickou kampaní.