pírodních

Přírodních is the genitive plural form of the Czech adjective přírodní, meaning natural. It is used to express possession or relation to nature in phrases where the noun is in the genitive plural, such as “studium přírodních věd” (the study of natural sciences) or “zdroje přírodních zdrojů” (resources of natural resources). The standard spelling in Czech is přírodních; a misspelling such as pírodních is incorrect because it omits the háček over r (ř).

Origin and morphology: The base word přírodní comes from the noun příroda (nature) with the suffix -ní, forming an adjective that describes what pertains to nature. In Czech, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender, number, and case. In the genitive plural, many adjectives ending in -ní take the ending -ních, yielding přírodních for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns in that case.

Usage: The form přírodních appears mainly in formal or written Czech, especially in scientific, legal, or academic contexts. It commonly appears in phrases describing categories, resources, fields, or studies related to nature, for example: “přírodních zdrojů,” “přírodních věd,” “chráněných oblastí přírodních hodnot” (protected areas of natural value). It is not a standalone noun but a grammatical variant of the adjective used within larger noun phrases.

See also: Přírodní, the base adjective meaning natural; příroda, the noun meaning nature; vědy, the plural of věda meaning science.

Note: The correct form is přírodních with ř; forms like pírodních reflect a misspelling and are not standard Czech.