Odstajcych

Odstajcych is a non-diacritic form that appears in Polish texts as a variant of the standard participial/adjectival form odstających, which comes from the verb odstawać (to lag behind, to stand apart). In correct standard orthography the diacritic version odstających is used. The non-diacritic rendering may occur in older documents, OCR output, or casual writing where diacritics are omitted. Consequently odstajcych is not a separate lexical item with its own meaning, but a orthographic variant of a common morphological form.

Etymology and grammar: The base is the verb odstawać, with the present participle odstający (standing apart, lagging behind). The declined form odstających functions as genitive plural or accusative plural masculine personal, among other cases. When diacritics are removed, the same form can be represented as odstajacych or similar ASCII variants. The non-diacritic form odstajcych thus reflects the same grammatical category and usage, just without the diacritic characters.

Usage and meaning: The term describes something or someone that lags behind a group or that protrudes relative to a reference point, depending on context. As a linguistic form, it is not a standalone concept but a grammatical variant of a common Polish adjective/participle. In translations, it is typically rendered as “lagging behind” or “protruding.” Examples in standard spelling include phrases like odstających od reszty or osoba odstająca, meaning those who lag behind or a person who stands out from the rest.

See also: odstawać, odstający, odstających. These related forms cover the core verb, its participle, and common declensions used to express the idea of lagging behind or protruding.