potrebného

Potrebného is a declined form of the adjective potrebný, used in Slovak and Czech to express necessity or requirement. In both languages, it functions as a descriptive adjective whose form changes to agree with the noun it modifies. The base meaning remains “necessary,” “needed,” or “required.”

In Slovak, potrebný means it is necessary or required. Potrebného is the genitive singular form, used with masculine or neuter nouns in contexts such as “potrebného materiálu” (of the necessary material) or in phrases like “je potrebného riešenia” (an instance of the necessary solution). The adjective also has other gendered forms: potrebný (nominative masculine), potrebná (nominative feminine), a potrebné (nominative neuter or plural).

In Czech, the same root is potřébný, and potřébného serves as the genitive singular of the adjective, appearing in phrases such as “potřébného materiálu.” The form and its usage are parallel to Slovak, with the adjective agreeing in gender, number, and case with the noun.

Common usage and stylistic note: potrebný is frequent in formal, legal, scientific, and administrative language, where precise expression of necessity is required. It pairs with a wide range of nouns describing materials, conditions, requirements, or conditions that must be met.

Related terms include potreba (need), potřebovat / potrebovať (to need), and the opposite, zbytočný or nepotrebný (unnecessary). Potrebného is primarily a grammatical inflection rather than a stand-alone lexical item.