Podzielone

Podzielone is a Polish word that functions as a past passive participle of the verb podzielić, meaning to divide. It also serves as an adjective describing something that has been divided or split. The form podzielone is used in neutral situations and is typically employed to modify nouns in contexts where the subject has been separated into parts. In Polish, the participle agrees with the noun in gender and number, so different gendered forms exist (for example, podzielony, podzielona) while podzielone is used for neuter singular and for plural forms.

In everyday language, podzielone can describe physical separation, such as a city divided into districts or a report divided into sections. It is also common in mathematical and analytical phrasing, where the expression podzielone przez is used to indicate division by a number, i.e., “a number divided by five.” Beyond arithmetic, the term often appears in sociopolitical discourse to denote fragmentation or split within a group, such as “społeczeństwo podzielone” (a divided society) or “podzielone poglądy.” The word can carry neutral descriptive tone or carry evaluative nuance depending on context.

Etymologically, podzielone derives from the verb podzielić, with the prefix pod- and the root dziel- (divide). As a grammatical form, it is one of several participial adjectives related to division, complementary to the related adjective podzielny (divisible) used in mathematical or logical contexts.

See also: podzielić, podzielny, Polish grammar on participles, Polish vocabulary for division and segmentation.