verbálnu

Verbálnu is the feminine singular accusative form of the Slovak adjective verbálny, meaning “verbal” or “relating to verbs.” In Slovak, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender, number and case; for feminine nouns in the accusative singular, the attributive form typically ends with -u, producing verbálnu. This form functions as a declined variant of verbálny and is used directly before a feminine noun in the accusative case.

As a declined form, verbálnu is not a separate lexeme but part of the adjective’s morphology. It appears in contexts where language-related or verbal attributes are described and the governed noun is feminine and in the accusative case. For example, verbálnu formu means “a verbal form,” and verbálnu časť vety can be used to refer to a “verbal part of a sentence,” depending on the surrounding grammar.

Etymology traces verbálny to the Latin root verbum, via Romance or modern European linguistic borrowing, reflecting its meaning connected with words or language. In contemporary Slovak, verbálny and its declined forms, including verbálnu, are standard for describing things pertaining to verbs, speech, or language in both everyday and technical usage. The term is distinct from slovesný, another Slovak adjective commonly used in linguistic terminology to denote verb-related concepts.

Overall, verbálnu serves as a routine grammatical form in Slovak, illustrating how adjectives decline to match case and gender when modifying feminine nouns in the accusative.