státní

Státní is a Czech adjective meaning “of the state” or “state-related.” It is used to describe things connected with the government, public administration, or state ownership, and it is often used in official and legal terminology to distinguish state-level matters from municipal or private ones. The form stems from stát, “state.”

In Czech, státní appears in a wide range of standard phrases, such as státní správa (public administration), státní rozpočet (state budget), státní občanství (citizenship), státní svátek (national holiday), and státní podnik (state enterprise). It can also denote possession or control by the state, as in státní majetek (state property) or státní aparát (the state apparatus). The term is common in legislation, government reports, and media discussing public policy and governance.

The word also has a closely related form in Slovak, štátny, which serves the same function and is used in equivalent expressions such as štátne orgány, štátny rozpočet, or štátne občanstvo. Despite regional differences, both languages employ the adjective to signal state involvement or ownership and to distinguish state-level institutions from municipal or private sectors.

Etymology traces státní to the noun stát in Czech, and to štát in Slovak, both of which derive from older Slavic roots meaning “to stand” or “to exist as a state.” In usage, státní remains a standard descriptor in formal discourse, indicating authority, governance, or ownership tied to the sovereign state.