souasném

Současný (often written without diacritics as souasný in some ASCII contexts) is a Czech adjective meaning current, present, or contemporary. It describes things that exist or occur in the present time, or belong to the modern era. The term is widely used across fields such as politics, culture, science, and everyday language to distinguish what is happening now from what is historical or future. In cultural contexts, phrases like současná literatura (contemporary literature) or současná architektura (contemporary architecture) illustrate this sense of present-day character.

Origin and grammar: The word derives from the noun čas (time) and expresses belonging to the present moment. As an adjective, its endings agree with gender and number: současný (masculine/neuter nominative), současná (feminine), současné (neuter or plural). The locative singular is současném, as in ve současném světě (in the contemporary world). The term is often contrasted with historický (historical) or budoucí (future) to mark temporal perspective.

Usage notes: Besides referring to time, současný is used to describe current trends, conditions, and phenomena in various domains. It is common in journalism, academia, and public discourse when evaluating the present state or ongoing developments.

Orthography: In standard Czech, the correct spelling includes diacritics (současný, současná, současné, současným, současném). In texts without diacritics, the forms may appear as soucasny, soucasna, soucasne, soucasnym, soucasnem, which can affect pronunciation for non-native readers. The non-diacritic form is not standard but is occasionally encountered in digital or legacy contexts.