viacerý

Viacerí is a Czech determiner and pronoun meaning “several” or “a number of,” used to indicate more than one person or thing without specifying an exact quantity. It often introduces a noun phrase and conveys a sense of plurality that is not total or precisely counted. The word is common in written Czech and in formal speech, and it is typically preferred when the speaker wants to stress that a subset of a group is involved.

Grammatically, viacerí declines like an ordinary adjective and thus agrees with the noun it accompanies in gender and number. It has masculine, feminine, and neuter forms, and corresponding plural forms for the noun that follows. For example, it can appear as viacerí lidé, viaceré žáky, viaceré domy, depending on the gender of the noun. In use, it often pairs with verbs and predicates as a plural subject or with relative clauses such as “viacerí z nich” (several of them).

Usage and nuance, including synonyms and alternatives, vary by register. Viacerí is somewhat formal or literary and is frequently found in journalism, academic writing, legal texts, or historical prose. In everyday speech, speakers more commonly use několik or více when the exact number is either unknown or unimportant. While někteří and několik can sometimes approximate viacerí, the latter carries a nuance of a non-specific but definite minority within a larger group.

Etymology traces viacerí to a root related to více, meaning “more,” with a typical Slavic adjectival suffix. It shares affinities with related forms in other Slavic languages and has long been part of Czech grammatical usage.