Oznaczajace

Oznaczajace is the non-diacritic form of the Polish present active participle oznaczające, derived from the verb oznaczać meaning “to denote, to indicate.” It functions as an adjective meaning “indicating,” “designating,” or “that indicates.” In standard Polish the correct spelling with diacritics is oznaczające; oznaczajace appears in texts without diacritical marks or in older orthography. The participle agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number and has several forms: masculine singular oznaczacy, feminine singular oznaczajaca, neuter singular oznaczajace, and plural forms such as oznaczajacy (masculine personal) and oznaczajace (for non-masculine plural or neuter).

The word is used attributively, typically before or after the noun it describes, to indicate that the noun has the property of indicating or denoting something. Example: "element oznaczajacy ryzyko" (an element that indicates risk) or "cecha oznaczajaca baterie" (a feature indicating battery). In formal or technical language it can substitute for relative clauses like "który oznacza" or "które wskazuje," but with a concise sense.

Etymology and related forms: derived from oznaczać, with the agentive participle suffix -ajacy; the noun form oznaczenie denotes marking or designation, while oznaczać is the infinitive.

See also: oznaczenie; oznaczać; wskazywać.