takových

Takových is a form of the Czech demonstrative adjective takový, meaning "such" or "that kind of." It is used to indicate that something belongs to a described category, often with a noun in the genitive plural. The form takových is primarily the genitive plural of takový and appears before nouns in that case, for example: pár takových lidí (a few such people), takových případů bylo málo (there were few such cases). In Czech, genitive plural forms are common after certain verbs and in phrases that describe quantities or categories, and takových serves this function here.

Morphology and usage details are tied to Czech grammar of adjectives. takový declines like other demonstrative adjectives, and takových is one of its inflected variants used when the governing noun is plural and in the genitive case. This form allows speakers and writers to generalize about a group or type described earlier in discourse, rather than naming specific individuals or items.

Etymologically, takový derives from the base demonstrative tak-, with the standard adjectival suffixes that produce forms indicating degree or type. The word is productive in both spoken and written Czech and is common in formal, descriptive, and journalistic registers, as well as everyday speech when distinguishing “such kinds of” things from others.

See also: takový, taková, takové, demonstrative adjectives in Czech.