sociálnej

Sociálnej is not a standalone noun; it is a declined form of the Slovak adjective sociálny, meaning “social.” It appears when the noun it modifies is feminine and the phrase requires a specific case, most often the genitive singular, but also the dative or locative in certain constructions.

In practice, sociálnej is most commonly seen in phrases such as sociálnej politiky (of social policy), sociálnej siete (of the social network), or sociálnej starostlivosti (of social care). The form reflects agreement with a feminine noun—politika, sieť, starostlivosť, and similar terms—within the sentence’s syntactic role.

Grammatically, sociálnej serves to express a relationship related to “social” matters. It is one of several inflected forms of the adjective sociálny, which contrast with the masculine nominative sociálny and the neuter sociálne. The choice of form depends on gender, number, and case of the noun it describes.

Etymology traces sociálnej to the Latin word socialis, through the French and broader European adoption of the term into Slovak. The word is widely used across policy discourse, sociology, welfare, and everyday language to describe things pertaining to society, social systems, or communal life. Related terms include sociálny (masculine form) and sociológia (the science of society).