Dziesiciu

Dziesięciu is the genitive plural form of the Polish numeral dziesięć (ten). It is used before masculine personal nouns to indicate a quantity of ten, especially in contexts regulated by Polish grammar that require the noun to be in genitive plural after a numeral.

In practice, dziesięciu appears in sentences such as W klasie było dziesięciu uczniów or Zginęło dziesięciu żołnierzy, where the noun that follows is in genitive plural. For direct counting or when the noun is not a masculine personal noun, the numeral typically appears as dziesięć, followed by a genitive plural noun, for example dziesięć książek.

Etymology and morphology: dziesięciu derives from the base numeral dziesięć (ten) and reflects the genitive plural form used with certain nouns in counting constructions. Polish numerals exhibit case-sensitive agreement with the nouns they modify, and dziesięciu is one of the forms that emerges in the genitive plural after tens.

Common misspelling note: the form dziesiciu, as written without diacritics, is usually a misspelling or nonstandard ASCII rendering of dziesięciu. In standard Polish orthography, the correct form for the genitive plural is dziesięciu; dziesięć is used in nominative or accusative positions before non-masculine or generic counting.

See also: Polish numeral system, liczebniki, dziesięć, genitive case, masculine personal nouns.