Polegajacy

Polegajacy is an ASCII rendering of the Polish adjective and present participle polegający, which is derived from the verb polegać, meaning to rely on or to consist of. The standard Polish forms are polegający (masculine), polegająca (feminine), and polegające (neuter). In contexts where diacritics are omitted, it may appear as Polegajacy. The term functions as an adjective and often as a participial phrase.

The core meaning of polegający is “based on” or “relying on.” It is used to describe things whose existence, operation, or justification rests on a particular element, condition, or method. A common construction is to connect it with the preposition na, forming phrases such as polegający na czymś, meaning “based on something” or “relying on something.” For example, a project described as polegający na analizie danych would be understood as a project based on data analysis.

Usage and nuance: polegający emphasizes the foundational basis or dependency of a subject. It is frequent in academic, technical, and formal writing, as well as in legal or policy discourse, where authors specify the basis or mechanism behind a concept, system, or argument. The form agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number, mirroring standard Polish agreement rules.

See also: polegać, zależeć (to depend), based on (in English-language discussions of Polish terminology).