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základního

Základního is a grammatical form of the Czech adjective základní, which means basic, fundamental, or essential. It is the genitive singular form, used when the adjective modifies a masculine or neuter noun in the genitive case. In practice, you will encounter it in phrases such as základního tvaru (the base form) or základního významu (the fundamental meaning). The form is not a separate word with its own meaning; it is an inflected variant of základní that agrees with the noun it describes.

Origin and usage

Základní comes from the noun základ, meaning foundation or base, with the common adjectival suffix -ní to

Notes

In ordinary Czech, the lemma or dictionary form of the adjective is základní. Základního is therefore primarily

See also

základní, základy, základ (foundation).

form
an
adjective.
Základního
appears
in
contexts
where
the
governing
noun
is
in
the
genitive
case,
which
is
common
in
many
Czech
phrases,
titles,
and
scholarly
descriptions.
It
is
encountered
across
disciplines,
from
linguistics
to
philosophy,
whenever
a
base
or
fundamental
characteristic
is
being
specified
in
relation
to
another
noun.
relevant
for
parsing,
grammar,
or
comprehension
of
inflected
phrases,
rather
than
as
a
standalone
lexical
item.
The
meaning
remains
the
same
as
basic
or
fundamental;
the
form
simply
reflects
grammatical
agreement
within
a
sentence.