Praktykowana

Praktykowana is a feminine singular form of the present passive participle of the Polish verb praktykować, meaning to practice or to implement in practice. It functions as an adjective, describing a feminine noun and agreeing with it in gender, number, and case. It is used to indicate that a procedure, method, policy, or activity is in use or being carried out in a given context. For example, metody praktykowana w laboratorium would more correctly be metody praktykowana in context? A clearer example is: metody praktykowana w laboratorium; or more natural: metoda praktykowana w laboratorium.

In sentences, praktykowana can appear in present or past passive contexts: "Procedura jest praktykowana" (the procedure is being practiced) or "Procedura była praktykowana" (the procedure was practiced). The form specifically marks feminine gender and can modify feminine nouns such as metoda, procedura, polityka, czy praktyka. The masculine counterpart is praktykowany, and the neuter form is praktykowane; plural forms vary with the noun they modify.

Etymology: praktykowana comes from the verb praktykować, which is built from the noun praktyka (practice) with the productive suffix -ować. The word belongs to a family related to practice and practical application and has cognates in other languages through Romance and Germanic roots (such as German Praxis and English practice).

See also: praktyka, praktykować.