Cienkich

Cienkich is a form of the Polish adjective cienki, which means thin or slender. In Polish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number, and case. Cienkich is most commonly seen as the genitive plural or accusative plural form of cienki when describing masculine personal nouns, such as people or male animals. It is not the dictionary form; the lemma is cienki.

Usage and examples:

- cienkich ludzi means “thin people” (genitive plural). This form is used when the noun is in the genitive case or in the accusative plural for masculine personal nouns, for example in a sentence like Widzę cienkich ludzi (“I see thin people”).

- cienkich chłopców also shows the same gender and case pattern with a different noun.

Notes:

- Polish adjectives change form to reflect case, number, and gender, so cienkich is one of several forms of cienki. The nominative plural forms for non-masculine personal nouns or for neuter nouns typically use cienkie, not cienkich.

- For learners, a practical approach is to memorize cienki as the base lemma and recognize cienkich in contexts involving genitive or accusative plural with masculine personal nouns.

See also: cienki.