Dotyczcym

Dotyczcym is a nonstandard form that appears in some Polish texts as a variant of the present participle dotyczący, meaning “concerning” or “relating to.” In standard Polish, the correct forms are dotyczący (masculine), dotycząca (feminine), and dotyczące (neuter or plural). The corresponding declined forms include dotyczącego, dotykającej, dotyczących, and the instrumental singular dotyczącym. The form dotyczcym lacks the nasal vowel ą and the correct diacritic on the medial consonant, making it nonstandard.

Origin and usage

Dotyczcym is not part of authoritative Polish grammar and is typically regarded as a misspelling or a typographical/optical character error. It can arise when diacritics are omitted (ą, ć) or when the internal spelling is simplified in casual writing or OCR-processed text. Consequently, it is rarely accepted in formal writing and is generally corrected to dotyczący or its gendered variants.

Examples

Standard usage: Kwestie dotyczące projektu zostały omówione. This means “The issues concerning the project were discussed.”

Common misspelling: Kwestie dotyczcym projektu zostały omówione. This is considered incorrect; the proper form would be either dotyczące projektu (neuter/plural noun) or dotyczącego projektu (genitive masculine).

Relation to related forms

The verb dotyczyć yields several related adjectives and participles in Polish, such as dotyczący, dotycząca, and dotyczące, which align with the gender and case of the noun they modify. Dotyczcym is not used in standard grammar and should be avoided in formal writing.

See also

dotyczyć, dotyczący, dotyczące, dotyczącego.