súdne

Súdne is a Slovak adjective form derived from the noun súd, meaning court or judiciary. It denotes relation to the courts or to the judicial system and is typically used before neuter nouns. As a grammatical form, súdne is the neuter singular of the adjective súdny; masculine and feminine variants are súdny and súdna, respectively.

In legal and official language, súdne appears in common expressions such as súdne konanie (court proceedings), súdne rozhodnutie (court decision), and súdne právo or súdny systém when referring to judicial matters in a general sense. The term is frequently found in statutes, court documents, and media reporting on the judiciary. The related noun súdnictvo refers to the judiciary as an institution, while phrases like súdny systém describe the overall framework of courts and legal processes.

Cognates exist in other Slavic languages, reflecting a shared root meaning court or judicial. For example Czech soudní, Polish sądowy, and Russian sudebnyy share the same origin and semantic field. In Slovak, the word súd and its adjectival form súdny/súdne are foundational elements of legal vocabulary and are taught as part of law and public administration terminology.