Dziewczyn

Dziewczyn is a grammatical form of the Polish noun dziewczyna, which means "girl." It is the genitive plural of dziewczyna and does not have an independent meaning as a stand-alone word. The form appears wherever the genitive plural is required.

In Polish, feminine nouns ending in -a decline in a regular pattern, with the genitive plural forming as dziewczyn. This form is used after numerals and in phrases governed by prepositions or other constructions that require the genitive case. Common examples include phrases such as kilkа dziewczyn (a few girls), bez dziewczyn (without the girls), and z dziewczyn (with the girls). In dictionaries, dziewczyna is listed as the lemma, with dziewczyn noted as the genitive plural form.

Declension (illustrative forms for dziewczyna and its plural): singular: nom dziewczyna, gen dziewczyny, dat dziewczynie, acc dziewczynę, ins dziewczyną, loc dziewczynie; plural: nom dziewczyny, gen dziewczyn, dat dziewczynom, acc dziewczyny, ins dziewczynami, loc dziewczynach. The key point is that dziewczyn is used specifically as the genitive plural form of the word for “girl.”

Summary: dziewczyn is not a separate lexical item but a grammatical inflection of dziewczyna. It is encountered in contexts requiring the genitive plural, such as after numerals or certain prepositions, and is part of standard Polish noun declension.