veejných

Veřejných is the genitive plural form of the Czech adjective veřejný, which means public or relating to the public. It is used to describe nouns that appear in the genitive plural, signaling association with the public sphere, public institutions, or public life. In normal Czech spelling the form is veřejných; in contexts that omit diacritics it may appear as veejných.

In practice, veřejných appears in phrases such as služeb veřejných (public services), institucí veřejných (public institutions), zakázek veřejných (public contracts), or prostor veřejných (public spaces). The adjective agrees with the noun it modifies in gender, number, and case, so in these examples it takes the genitive plural ending -ých to pair with plural nouns in the genitive case. The term is common in administrative, legal, and policy language, where distinctions between public and private are frequently discussed.

Origin and related terms: veřejný derives from the root relating to the concept of the public, with the noun veřejnost meaning public life or public sphere. Related words include veřejnost, veřejný sektor, and veřejná správa. The form veřejných is grammatical rather than a separate lexical item, functioning as a descriptor rather than a standalone noun.

Notes: as a word used in formal and official Czech, it is predominantly seen in written language. When diacritics are removed in certain digital contexts, it may appear as veejných, but the proper orthography includes the háček and čárky: veřejných.