Porwany

Porwany is the masculine singular past participle of the Polish verb porwać, meaning to kidnap or abduct. It functions as an adjective describing a person or thing that has been forcibly taken. The feminine form is porwana and the neuter form porwane. The related noun is porwanie, which denotes the act of kidnapping; another common noun is uprowadzenie, also meaning abduction.

In usage, porwany attributes a state resulting from forcible removal. It appears in news reports, court documents, and literary prose. Because it is a past participle, it expresses a completed action and agrees with the gender and number of the noun it modifies: porwany chłopiec, porwana kobieta, porwane dzieci.

Example sentences: Porwany mężczyzna został odnaleziony i zwolniony. Zaginiona dziewczynka została porwana.

In Poland, kidnapping (porwanie) is a criminal offense, with penalties depending on circumstances such as coercion, confinement, or threats. The term is used in legal statutes and police reports to describe victims and suspects. Related verbs include porwać (to kidnap) and uprowadzić (to abduct), with their respective participles used in similar grammatical contexts.

See also: Porwanie, Uprowadzenie, Uprowadzić.