Dolnego

Dolnego is the genitive singular form of the Polish adjective dolny, meaning "lower" or "bottom." It is used when a masculine or neuter noun is in the genitive case, typically to indicate location, relation, or hierarchy. For example, in phrases like na dolnym piętrze (on the lower floor) or dolnego poziomu (of the lower level), the word adopts the form dolnego to agree with the noun in genitive. The feminine genitive form is dolnej.

In everyday grammar, dolnego coexists with the other singular forms of dolny: masculine nominative dolny, feminine nominative dolna, neuter nominative dolne; their other case forms change according to standard Polish declension rules. Dolnego specifically marks genitive (and sometimes certain prepositional contexts) for masculine and neuter nouns.

Dolnego also appears in Polish toponymy and in official names. In geographic names, the adjective is part of a proper noun and is capitalized within the phrase Dolny Śląsk, meaning Lower Silesia. The genitive Dolnego Śląska occurs in phrases like województwo Dolnego Śląska, where the entire name functions as a descriptive geographic identifier.

Etymologically, dolny derives from older Slavic roots meaning bottom or low, a semantic thread that continues in modern uses to describe something situated lower or inferior relative to another reference point.

See also: dolny, dolna, dolne; toponymy such as Dolny Śląsk.