sekundárne

Sekundárne is a Slovak term used as both an adjective and an adverb. It means secondarily or secondary, describing something that follows the primary element or is of lesser priority. The adjective agrees with gender and number: masculine sekundárny, feminine sekundárna, neuter sekundárne; the adverbial form is sekundárne.

In linguistic and everyday usage, sekundárne is used to denote secondary meanings, secondary effects, or secondary roles. For example: sekundárne účinky lieku (secondary effects of a drug), sekundárne významy slova (secondary meanings of a word). It is often contrasted with primárne, meaning primary or main.

In the context of education, sekunárne vzdelávanie is used to refer to the secondary level of schooling after primary education. In Slovakia this stage is commonly described as stredné vzdelanie and includes general secondary schools and vocational schools, typically culminating in the maturita exam.

Origin and form: sekundárny (masculine), sekundárna (feminine), sekundárne (neuter) are loanwords formed from the Latin secundo “second,” through German sekundär or French secondaire, and adapted to Slovak morphology. The term remains common in formal and academic writing, as well as in everyday speech.