Dobowe

Dobowe is a Polish adjective meaning per day or daily, used to qualify nouns that denote quantities, payments, or measurements accumulated within a 24-hour period. The term derives from doba (day) and appears in compounds with various nouns. Its form adapts to gender and number in normal Polish grammar.

Common contexts for its usage include finance, labor, medicine, and data reporting. In economics and employment, phrases such as stawka dobowowa (daily rate) or wynagrodzenie dobowowe (daily wage) are standard when describing compensation calculated on a 24-hour basis. In finance and accounting, dobowy can describe daily costs or expenses, for example koszty dobowowe. In medicine, dawka dobowowa refers to the total amount of a drug to be taken in 24 hours, with occasional specification of a maximum daily dose (dawka dobowowa maksymalna).

In data and statistics, dobowowe values are used to describe measurements collected over a day. Terms such as średnia dobodowa (24-hour average) or dobowe wartości appear in meteorology, epidemiology, and hydrology to summarize daily trends. In dietary contexts, dobowy may describe daily caloric intake (kaloryczność dobowowa) or similar per-day assessments.

Usage notes: dobowy is typical of formal or technical language. In everyday Polish, the more common adjective for daily frequency is often dzienny or codzienny, while dobowy emphasizes a measurement or payment confined to a single day.