Czwartego

Czwartego is the genitive singular form of the Polish ordinal numeral czwarty, meaning the fourth. It is used in contexts that require the genitive case, most often in date expressions and phrases related to time or order.

In date expressions, czwartego accompanies a month or time word in genitive form. Common examples include czwartego lipca (the fourth of July) and czwartego stycznia (the fourth of January). It also appears in phrases indicating a span of time, such as od czwartego dnia (from the fourth day) or do czwartego dnia (until the fourth day). The form is a result of Polish grammatical agreement, where the ordinal adjective takes the genitive ending to modify the noun in genitive.

Grammatical note: czwartego is the genitive singular form used with nouns that require the genitive case. The exact agreement depends on the gender and number of the noun being described; czwartego serves as the corresponding genitive form of czwarty in many common date and time constructions. It is not a separate word with a fixed meaning outside of these declined contexts.

Etymology: czwartego derives from czwarty, meaning fourth, which itself comes from the root related to the numeral cztery (four). The form czwartego appears when the ordinal is declined to agree with surrounding words in genitive constructions.

See also: czwarty, Polish ordinal numbers, Polish date expressions, Polish grammar.