Dziedzin

Dziedzin is the genitive plural form of the Polish noun dziedzina, which means field, domain, or area of knowledge. As a grammatical form, dziedzin is not a separate lexical item but the required case form used when referring to multiple fields in constructions that demand a genitive plural, such as after numerals or in possessive phrases.

Usage and examples:

Dziedzin appears most often in phrases indicating quantity or relation to another noun. For example, dwóch dziedzin nauki translates to "two fields of science," and różnych dziedzin nauki means "various fields of science." In phrases describing location rather than quantity, the plural form changes to dziedzinach (locative plural), as in w dziedzinach nauki (“in the fields of science”). This demonstrates how the form dziedzin functions within Polish grammar rather than as an independent concept.

Grammatical notes:

- Dziedzin is the genitive plural of dziedzina.

- It is used after numerals and in various possessive or descriptive constructions that require the genitive plural.

- The corresponding nominative plural is dziedziny, and other cases follow regular declension patterns for feminine -ina nouns in Polish.

Relation to the root concept:

Dziedzina refers to a discipline, branch of knowledge, or area of activity. Dziedzin merely encodes grammatical agreement in contexts involving more than one field. In everyday language, speakers typically refer to the fields themselves with dziedziny (nominative plural) or with dziedzin in genitive constructions.

See also:

dziedzina (discipline, field).