uznáním

Uz náním is the instrumental singular form of the Czech and Slovak noun uznání, which means recognition, acknowledgement, or endorsement. The base uznání comes from the verb uznat, meaning to acknowledge or recognize. In standard grammar, uznání is a neuter noun, and its instrumental form uznáním is used in constructions that require the instrumental case, such as indicating the means, manner, or occasion of an action, or in formal phrases.

Semantically, uznání covers a range of senses from acknowledging a fact or achievement to formally recognizing merit or entitlement. In everyday language it can refer to conceding a truth, praising someone’s actions, or awarding official recognition. In legal and administrative contexts, uznání may appear in phrases describing acknowledgement of rights, claims, or debts, such as uznání dluhu in related legal terminologies.

Morphologically, uznání and its instrumental uznáním illustrate typical Slavic noun formation: a noun formed from a verb with a suffix that marks its abstract, distributive, or evaluative sense, with the instrumental ending signalling its syntactic role in a sentence.

Cross-linguistic note: cognate terms exist in other West Slavic languages, with similar meanings. In Polish, the cognate uznanie has the instrumental form uznaniem; in Slovak the corresponding form is uznaním. These forms carry closely related notions of recognition, acknowledgment, and endorsement across the languages.

See also: uznat, uznání, recognition, acknowledgment.