vlastných

Vlastních is a Czech adjective form meaning "own" or "private." It denotes possession or belonging to the subject or to a group associated with the subject and is often used to describe things that are owned or produced by the referenced entity. The word stems from the noun vlast, meaning possession, property, or one’s own, and it appears in both everyday and formal language.

As a declined form, vlastní is inflected to agree with the noun it modifies. Vlastních is the genitive plural ending, used when the noun is plural and in the genitive case. Examples include vlastní věcí (one’s own things) in the genitive plural context, vlastní dětí (one’s own children), and the idiomatic vlastními rukama, meaning with one’s own hands, in the instrumental plural. In other grammatical cases, other endings appear, such as vlastní (in other singular/plural forms) or vlastními (instrumental plural), depending on number and case.

Usage notes:

Vlastních is common in descriptive and formal writing as well as in everyday speech when emphasizing ownership or origin by the subject. In casual contexts, speakers may use other expressions such as svůj, which also marks ownership but with a different nuance, focusing more on reflexive possession within a clause. Vlastní continues to be a key term for signaling personal or proprietary relationship to a noun in Czech.