stejná

Stejná is the feminine singular nominative form of the Czech adjective stejný, meaning "the same" or "identical." It is used with feminine nouns to express that one item is identical to another, or to emphasize sameness in a given context.

Grammatical usage and variants: In Czech, stejná inflects like other adjectives ending in -ný. It agrees with the noun in gender, number, and case. For example, ta stejná věc means "that same thing" (feminine singular). In the masculine and neuter, different endings occur (ten stejný dům for masculine singular, to stejné slovo for neuter singular). With plural forms, the adjective also changes to reflect the noun’s gender and case, for instance stejné věci in the nominative plural. Stejná can appear both attributively (ta stejná věc) and predicatively (ta věc je stejná).

Usage notes: Stejná is commonly paired with as or comparison phrases such as stejný jako, meaning "the same as." The adverb stejně expresses manner or manner of comparison, as in "dělá to stejně," meaning "does it the same way." The word is closely tied to related forms in the language that convey sameness or similarity.

Etymology: Stejný and its feminine form stejná come from Proto-Slavic roots and are cognate with similar terms in other Slavic languages that express sameness, such as Russian тот же (tot zhe). The feminine form aligns with Czech gender agreement rules.

See also: sameness in Czech grammar; comparison constructions; stejný in other inflected forms.