Drugie

Drugie is a Polish word that functions as the neuter form of the ordinal adjective drugi, meaning second or the other. It agrees with neuter nouns and is used to indicate the item that follows the first in a sequence, or to refer to an alternative item in a group. It can also appear in fixed expressions without a noun, where it means “the second one.”

Common usages include phrases such as drugie miejsce (second place), drugie piętro (second floor), and drugie imię (second name or additional given name). In sentences where the noun is implied or understood, drugie may stand alone as a pronoun meaning “the second one,” as in to emphasize a contrast between two items: To pierwsze, a to drugie (“This is the first, and this is the second.”).

Morphology and grammar: drugie is the neuter singular form used with neuter nouns. Other gender forms of the ordinal second are drugi (masculine), druga (feminine), with corresponding plural forms in different contexts. The word is used both attributively (before a noun) and predicatively (as a pronoun).

Etymology: drugie derives from the Proto-Slavic root for “two” and the ordinal suffix -ie, reflecting its role as the second item in a sequence. It is related to other forms of the adjective drugi across Polish grammar.

See also: drugi (the base form “second”), pierwsze (the first), trzeci (the third), liczebniki porządkowe (ordinal numerals).