pôvodu

Pôvod is a Slovak noun meaning origin, source, or ancestry. The form pôvodu is its genitive singular, and it is used in phrases that express the provenance or origin of someone or something. It appears in formal, administrative, and academic language as a way to indicate where something comes from or to which lineage it belongs.

In everyday and literary use, pôvodu often occurs with adjectives or other nouns in the genitive to specify origin. Examples include osôba talianskeho pôvodu (a person of Italian origin), rod pôvodu českého (a family of Czech origin), or jazyk pôvodu (language of origin). For goods and products, the expression tovar pôvodu Českej republiky or tovar českého pôvodu denotes the origin of the goods, for example in labeling or trade documentation.

Geographically or ethnically oriented contexts also employ pôvodu. Pojmy ako krajiny pôvodu (countries of origin) and etnický pôvod (ethnic origin) are common in statistics, surveys, and demographic reporting. In legal or customs settings, pôvod tovaru is used to describe the provenance of goods, which can influence tariff treatment, import rules, or regulatory compliance.

Pôvod as a concept can refer to both material origin (where something comes from) and genealogical origin (a person’s or family’s lineage). It is closely related to synonyms such as pôvodnosť and pôvodný, which convey originality or origin-related characteristics, but pôvodu remains the genitive form used within compound expressions to specify origin.