Nowszej

Nowszej is a grammatical form in the Polish language. It is not a standalone lexical item, but the feminine singular form of the adjective nowy in its comparative sense, meaning newer or more recent. Specifically, nowszej appears in combinations with feminine nouns when the noun is in the genitive, dative, or locative case. It is part of the inflectional system that marks gender, number, and case in Polish.

In Polish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify. From the masculine forms nowy and nowszy, the feminine nominative is nowsza, and the feminine genitive, dative, and locative singular take nowszej. The feminine accusative and instrumental singular typically use nowszą, while other forms follow the standard patterns for feminine adjectives. In practice, this yields phrases such as w nowszej wersji (in a newer version), nowszej metody (of a newer method), or z nowszej daty (with a newer date), depending on the noun and case.

Usage and meaning: nowszej is common in formal writing and technical contexts where a comparison of editions, versions, or updates is discussed. It conveys the sense of “more recent” while agreeing in gender and case with a feminine noun.

Related forms: the base adjective has masculine and neuter counterparts—nowszy and nowsze—and feminine nominative nowsza. The form nowszej functions as a case-specific variant of these comparatives.