Interesami

Interesami is the instrumental plural form of the Polish noun interes. The word interes has several related meanings, including a financial stake or ownership in a venture (interesy), matters of concern or business affairs, and one’s personal or organizational interests. In different contexts it can refer to economic, political, or legal stakes as well as general concerns that affect a person or entity.

The noun is part of a family that includes related forms such as interes (singular), interesem (instrumental singular), interesy (nominative plural), interesów (genitive plural), and related verbs like interesować and zainteresować, which mean to interest or to become interested. The instrumental plural form interesami is used in constructions that require the instrumental case for a plural noun, such as certain verb and preposition combinations. The most common plural for the sense of “matters of interest” is interesesy, while “interests” in the financial or stake sense is usually expressed with interesy; the genitive plural interesados is used in phrases like konflikt interesów (conflict of interests).

Etymologically, interes derives from Latin interesse, meaning “to be of importance,” and entered Polish through historical contact with other European languages, developing into a noun that covers both economic and non-economic senses. In contemporary Polish, distinctions among senses are usually clear from context, with translations in English often rendered as “interests,” “affairs,” or “stakes.”

See also: interes, interesy, zainteresowanie, konflikt interesów, interes państwa.