velkých

Velkých is the genitive plural form of the Czech adjective velký, meaning big or large. In Czech, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number, and case, and the genitive plural ending for hard-declension adjectives like velký is -ých. Therefore velkých is used before masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns in genitive plural.

The form appears commonly in noun phrases expressing size, extent, or relation. For example: velkých měst (of large cities), velkých projektů (of large projects), okolí velkých měst (the surroundings of large cities). Sentences such as “Počet obyvatel velkých měst roste.” or “Okolí velkých měst bývá dopravně zatíženo.” illustrate its use in both descriptive and analytic contexts.

Velkých is not a standalone noun or a proper name; it functions as a grammatical form within an attributive phrase. The base adjective velký originates from Old Czech velký, ultimately tracing to a Proto-Slavic root related to size or magnitude. In standard Czech usage, velkých is a common, neutral form found in writing and speech when the genitive plural is required.