tuhým

Tuhým is primarily a grammatical form rather than a stand-alone word. In Czech and Slovak, the adjective tuhý means “hard,” “stiff,” or “rigid.” Tuhým is its instrumental singular masculine form, used before masculine nouns in instrumental constructions to describe the noun’s property or the manner of an action. An example is s tuhým kamenem, meaning “with a hard stone.”

As a declined form, tuhým appears in sentences where the instrumental case is required after prepositions like s, indicating the manner or physical quality of the noun it modifies. The form is common in everyday language as well as in literary contexts whenever hardness or rigidity is being described.

Etymology and related forms: tuhým derives from the same root as the base adjective tuhý, which in turn traces to Proto-Slavic origins and has cognates across Slavic languages. The full paradigm includes feminine and neuter forms and other cases, with tuhým representing only the masculine instrumental singular form.

Notes: outside Czech and Slovak, tuhým generally does not function as a separate lexical item; it appears as a morphological ending in inflected phrases. When encountered in linguistic discussions, tuhým is typically described as the instrumental singular form of tuhý, rather than as an independent word.