Czczeni

Czczeni is a Polish term derived from the verb czcić, meaning to revere or venerate. It functions primarily as the masculine personal plural past passive participle of czcić and is used as an adjective or, in some contexts, as a substantive referring to people who are revered or honored. In usage, it can appear attributively as czczeni in combination with a noun (for example czczeni bohaterowie, “the revered heroes”) or predicatively in a sentence (for instance, Oni są czczeni przez społeczność, “They are revered by the community”). The form conveys ceremonial or solemn connotations and is common in religious, commemorative, historical, or official language.

Morphology and related forms: the adjective has gender and number agreement. Singular forms are czczony (masc. sing.) and czczona (fem. sing.), while the plural forms are czczeni (masc. personal plural) and czczone (fem./neut. plural). The term is closely related to czczyc, with czczony used for the thing or person revered, and czczeni used when referring to multiple revered individuals.

Contexts and nuance: czczeni is typically employed in formal or ceremonial discourse to denote individuals or groups regarded with high esteem, such as historical figures, national heroes, or saints, though in everyday speech czczony or phrases with czczeni osobnicy may be more common. The word emphasizes the act of veneration by a community or collective audience.

See also: czcić, czczenie, czciciel, czczenie pamięci.