Ponowny

Ponowny is a Polish adjective meaning “repeated” or “done again.” It describes actions, events, or processes that occur for a second time or are performed anew. The word is formed from the prefix po- meaning “again” and nowy meaning “new,” yielding a formal term used in legal, administrative, scientific, and technical language to indicate repetition or renewal.

Grammatically, ponowny agrees with the noun it modifies, with forms such as ponowny (masculine singular), ponowna (feminine singular), and ponowne (neuter singular and plural). It is commonly used in compounds like ponowna ocena (reassessment), ponowny test (retry or repeat test), and ponowne uruchomienie (restarting) of a system.

In practice, ponowny signals that an action is repeated, retried, or carried out anew—examples include legal texts (ponowna ocena decyzji), scientific reports (ponowny eksperyment), or information technology (ponowny test systemu, ponowne uruchomienie). The term is typical of formal writing and appears in contexts where processes are verified, corrected, or reattempted.

English equivalents depend on context and include “repeated,” “retry,” “retest,” or “recurring.” The term is formal and more common in technical writing than in everyday speech. There is no widely recognized place named Ponowny.

See also replication, repetition, retry, recurrence.