Nowych

Nowych is the genitive plural and the accusative plural form of the Polish adjective nowy, meaning "new." It functions as a grammatical inflection used when the noun it modifies is plural and in the genitive or accusative case. For example, nowych samochodów means "of new cars," and nowych mieszkańców means "new inhabitants." Polish adjectives agree with nouns in gender, number, and case, and nowych appears specifically for plural nouns in those two cases. The corresponding nominative plural forms are nowi for masculine personal nouns and nowe for feminine plural and neuter, but nowych is the form used in genitive and accusative plural.

Etymology and cognates: nowy comes from Proto-Slavic *novъ, related to similar words in other Slavic languages that mean “new.” The form nowych reflects regular Polish development of inflection for plural genitive and plural accusative.

Pronunciation: nowych is pronounced approximately [ˈnɔxɨ].

Usage notes: nowych is a common, neutral descriptor in descriptive writing, everyday speech, and literary prose when referring to multiple new items or people in specified cases. It is not a standalone noun and does not signify a proper name. In written Polish, its use helps convey precise grammatical relationships between adjectives and the nouns they modify.

See also: nowy; Polish adjectives; noun–adjective agreement; declension of adjectives.