pravidelným

Pravidelným is the instrumental singular form of the Czech adjective pravidelný, meaning “regular,” “routine,” or “habitual.” The form is used with masculine-inanimate or neuter nouns in the instrumental case, for example s pravidelným režimem (with a regular regime). The feminine instrumental singular form is pravidelnou, as in s pravidelnou dochádkou (with regular attendance).

Use and meaning

The core sense of pravidelný covers regularity in time or manner, such as repeating at fixed intervals, following a schedule, or acting in a predictable way. It can describe routines, patterns, or standards. In everyday speech, it is common in phrases like pravidelný spánek (regular sleep), pravidelným způsobem (in a regular way), or pravidelným cvičením (through regular exercise). The term can also appear in more formal or technical contexts to denote conformity to established norms or procedures.

Morphology and related forms

Pravidelný belongs to the standard class of Czech adjectives ending in -ný. It declines like other qualitative adjectives and has distinct feminine, neuter, and plural forms (for example: pravidelná, pravidelně, pravidelně, pravidelní, pravidelné). An adverbial form, pravidelně, expresses the adverbial sense “regularly.”

Etymology

Pravidelný is derived from pravidlo, meaning “rule.” The adjective conveys something that corresponds to or follows a rule or pattern, and its suffix -ný marks it as an attribute of a noun.

See also

Pravidelnost (regularity), pravidelně (regularly), pravidlo (rule), pravidelný život (a life with regular routines).