Drugiej

Drugiej is a Polish grammatical form of the adjective drugi/druga, meaning "second" or "another." It functions as the feminine singular form used in genitive, dative, and locative cases. In Polish, adjectives agree with the gender, number, and case of the noun they modify, and drugiej appears when the noun is feminine singular and is in one of those cases.

Common contexts for drugiej include phrases indicating order or relation, as well as expressions requiring feminine nouns in the genitive, dative, or locative. Examples include: drugiej połowie roku (in the second half of the year, genitive), na drugiej stronie (on the second side/page, locative), and podczas drugiej wojny światowej (during the Second World War, genitive). In each case, drugiej accompanies a feminine singular noun and reflects the case required by the surrounding preposition or verb.

Etymology and cognates: drugiej derives from the base adjective drugi/druga, which in turn comes from Proto-Slavic roots shared with other Slavic languages, corresponding to the concept of "second" or "another." The exact form changes with the noun’s gender, number, and grammatical case, as is typical for Polish adjectives.

Usage notes: drugiej cannot stand alone and must modify a feminine singular noun. For masculine nouns, the corresponding form is drugi; for neuter nouns, the form is drugie. Understanding drugiej therefore requires attention to both the gender of the noun and the case dictated by the syntactic context.