Przerywany

Przerywany is a Polish adjective meaning "interrupted" or "intermittent." It is derived from the verb przerywać (to interrupt) with the participial suffix -wany, and functions as a descriptive modifier in speech and writing. The term denotes something that occurs in breaks, pauses, or at regular intervals rather than continuously.

Usage of przerywany describes processes, signals, lines, or phenomena that are not continuous. Examples include przerywany kontakt (intermittent contact); linia przerywana (dashed line); and sen przerywany (interrupted sleep). The form agrees with the noun in gender and number: przerywany (masculine), przerywana (feminine), przerywane (neuter).

Grammar and nuance: przerywany is the present passive participle of przerywać and can be used predicatively (the situation is przerywana) or attributively (a przerywana linia). It conveys the sense of something being interrupted or occurring in intervals, rather than a single, continuous state. Related terms include przerywanie (the act of interrupting) and the verb przerwać (to interrupt).