vajovitým

Vajovitým is a grammatical form in Czech. It is the instrumental singular form of the adjective vajovitý, which means egg-shaped or ovoid. The term vajovitý describes objects or forms that resemble an egg in their outline or cross-section.

As a diminutive or descriptive adjective, vajovitý is used to characterize nouns in different grammatical cases. The instrumental singular vajovitým occurs when the adjective modifies a noun in the instrumental case. This is common in phrases referring to tools, methods, or manners of execution, where the instrument or means is described in the instrumental.

In practical use, vajovitým appears most often in phrases that indicate how something is done or with what instrument something is shaped or carved. For example, vyřezán vajovitým nožem means “carved with an egg-shaped knife.” Another example is a construction such as s vajovitým tvarem, meaning “with an egg-shaped form,” used to describe the shape of an object in instrumental construction.

Notes on usage: the instrumental form vajovitým is a specific inflectional variant and is less frequent in everyday speech than the nominative vajovitý when simply describing shape. In many contexts, writers may choose alternative phrasing to avoid heavy instrumental constructions, depending on style and register.

See also: vajovitý, ovoid, egg-shaped.