pracovní

Pracovní is a Czech adjective meaning related to work, employment, or labor. It describes things connected with labor or the workplace, or tasks that pertain to work. The term is widely used in everyday language as well as formal contexts to form compound nouns and noun phrases such as pracovní doba (working hours), pracovní podmínky (working conditions), pracovní list (worksheet), and pracovní prostředí (work environment). It can also denote an occupational or professional aspect, as in pracovní síla (labor force) or oblast pracovní činnosti (area of work activity). The word is formed from the noun práce (work) with a suffix that creates adjectives indicating relation to the base noun.

Grammar and usage: Pracovní behaves like a standard Czech adjective and agrees with the gender, number, and case of the noun it modifies. It appears before the noun in attributive position, and can be used predicatively in sentences with appropriate agreement, for example "To je pracovní pomůcka" (That is a work tool). In many compound terms, it forms a productive root for occupational vocabulary, extending to fields such as pracovní zařízení (work equipment) and pracovní zkušenost (work experience).

Related terms: The root is práce (work) and related verbs include pracovat (to work). An adverbial form is pracovně, used in expressions such as "pracovně vzato" meaning “in a professional/work context” or “professionally.” The word is primarily used in Czech but has cognates in related Slavic languages, such as Slovak pracovný.