Narodowych

Narodowych is a Polish grammatical form derived from the adjective narodowy, meaning national. It is the genitive plural form (and, in some contexts, the accusative plural form) of this adjective, used to describe plural nouns in a way that expresses “of national” or “national” in a possessive or descriptive sense.

Etymology and meaning: The word narodowy comes from naród, meaning nation. The suffix -owy forms adjectives that relate to or characterize a noun as national. In plural, the genitive form ends with -ych, yielding narodowych, which is used with nouns in the genitive case (and with masculine personal nouns in the accusative plural). The form thus marks agreement with the noun it modifies in gender, number, and case.

Usage: Narodowych typically appears when the noun it modifies is in the genitive plural or in certain accusative plural contexts. Examples include phrases such as narodowych ruchów (of national movements), narodowych partii (of national parties), or kandydatów narodowych (national candidates). The usage is common in political, historical, or sociological writing, where discussions about nationalist or national-scale phenomena require phrases like “ruchów narodowych” or “partii narodowych.”

Notes: Narodowych is not a standalone noun; it is an inflected adjective form. Its appearance depends on the case and number of the noun it describes. The base adjective is narodowy, and its related forms vary across gender, number, and case in Polish grammar.

See also: narodowy, naród, język polski.