Odwrotnego

Odwrotnego is a Polish inflected form associated with the meaning inverse, opposite, or reversed. It is used as the genitive singular masculine or neuter form of certain adjectives, most commonly those derived from odwrócić/odwrotny, and it appears when describing a masculine or neuter noun in the genitive case. In Polish, many adjectives change their endings to agree with the gender, number, and case of the noun they modify, so odwrotnego functions as a grammatical variant rather than a standalone lexical item.

In practice, odwrotnego occurs in technical and scientific language, particularly in mathematics, physics, and related fields, where concepts are often described as inverse or opposite. For example, it can appear in phrases such as kierunku odwrotnego (the inverse direction) or ruchu odwrotnego (the inverse motion). In other contexts, the corresponding feminine form would be odwrotna, and the nominative masculine form would be odwrotny.

Etymology and related forms: odwrotnego stems from the Polish adjective odwrótny or odwrócony, themselves derived from odwrócić (“to turn around” or “to reverse”). Related terms include odwrotny (inverse), odwrotna/odwrotna (feminine forms in other cases), odwrotność (inverseness or inverse property), and odwrotność funkcji or funkcja odwrotna (inverse function). The exact form odwrotnego signals the noun it modifies is in the genitive case and masculine or neuter gender.

See also: odwrótny, odwrotna, odwrotność, macierz odwrotna, funkcja odwrotna.