Kwiatami

Kwiatami is the instrumental plural form of the Polish noun kwiat, meaning flowers. It is used to express means, instrument, or accompaniment in a sentence, and appears in constructions with verbs or prepositions that require the instrumental case. Common contexts include gifting, decoration, and description involving flowers.

In grammatical terms, kwiat is a masculine, inanimate noun. Its standard plural forms include nominative kwiaty, genitive kwiatów, dative kwiatom, accusative kwiaty, instrumental kwiatami, and locative kwiatach. Therefore, kwiatami specifically designates “flowers” as the instrument or accompaniment in phrases such as z kwiatami (with flowers) or dekorując salę kwiatami (decorating the hall with flowers).

Usage and nuance: kwiatami is frequently employed after verbs that govern the instrumental case, such as obdarować kwiatami (to shower someone with flowers) or dekorować czymś kwiatami (to decorate with flowers). It also appears in passive or descriptive constructions: sala została udekorowana kwiatami (the hall was decorated with flowers).

Etymology and related forms: the noun kwiat is of Slavic origin, with cognates in other Slavic languages (for example Czech květ, Slovak kvet). The form kwiatami is the standard instrumental plural used in modern Polish to denote means or accompaniment by means of flowers.