Prawna

Prawna is the feminine singular form of the Polish adjective prawny, meaning legal or related to law. It is used to describe feminine nouns in contexts involving law, legislation, the legal system, or jurisprudence. In Polish, adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun they modify, so prawna appears with feminine nouns such as podstawa, definicje, odpowiedzialność, and osoba.

Common phrases include podstawa prawna (legal basis), odpowiedzialność prawna (legal liability), definicje prawne (legal definitions), kryteria prawne (legal criteria), czy instytucje prawne (legal institutions). The term also occurs in expressions like sprawa prawna (a legal matter) and wniosek prawny (a legal motion or legal brief). A notable standard term is osoba prawna, which means a juridical person; the feminine noun osoba is paired with prawna to indicate its legal status.

Grammatical notes: prawna functions as an attributive adjective, agreeing with a feminine singular noun. For masculine or neuter nouns, the forms prawny or prawne are used, respectively (e.g., system prawny, prawo karne). The word is etymologically derived from prawo (law) with the adjectival suffix -ny, yielding related forms across gender and number.

In legal contexts, prawna appears frequently in official documents, legislation summaries, and academic writing, serving to specify that a concept, document, or status relates to law.