zapisom

Zapisom is a term found mainly in Slavic language contexts, referring to a grammatical form rather than a standalone concept. In Slovak and Czech orthography it is the instrumental singular form of the noun zápis, which means record, entry, or note. In English discourse the ASCII form zapisom is sometimes used to represent the Slovak zápisom without diacritics; Czech uses zápisem, which in ASCII would typically appear as zapisem or zapisím depending on transcription, but the direct non-accent form zapisom reflects Slovak usage.

Etymology and related forms: The base word zápis comes from the Proto-Slavic root related to writing down or recording. The instrumental singular zápisom (Slovak) or zápisem (Czech) functions to express “with a record,” “by means of a record,” or “using the record” in a sentence. The accent-marked variants show the language-specific inflection, while the unaccented zapisom is often seen in plain-text data or older texts where diacritics are omitted.

Usage: Zapisom appears primarily in formal, archival, or administrative contexts where instrumentality is required. It governs phrases indicating the means or instrument by which something is done, such as entering information into a registry or recording data. In Slovak, one may encounter so zápisom in combination with other prepositional phrases, whereas in Czech the corresponding form is zápisem in similar constructions.

Orthography and variants: The diacritic-bearing forms are zápisom (Slovak) and zápisem (Czech). The non-accented form zapisom reflects Slovenian-adjacent transliteration or ASCII renderings and is most recognizable as the Slovak variant without diacritics. Context typically clarifies the intended language and meaning.

See also: zápis, zápisom, zápisem.