Przyznana

Przyznana is a feminine singular past passive participle of the Polish verb przyznać, meaning to grant or award. As a participle, it agrees with feminine nouns in gender and number and is used to describe something that has already been granted or awarded. The form is commonly found in passive constructions, often with the auxiliary być or zostać, for example: nagroda została przyznana (the prize was awarded).

In usage, przyznana typically accompanies a feminine noun, yielding phrases such as przyznana nagroda (an awarded prize) or przyznana dotacja (an awarded grant). It can function as a predicative adjective after a passive verb, as in nagroda została przyznana, or appear attributively before a feminine noun, as in przyznana nagroda. The masculine and neuter counterparts are przyznany and przyznane, respectively, with plural forms adapting to the gender and number of the noun they modify.

Etymologically, przyznana comes from the perfective verb przyznać, which denotes granting, awarding or acknowledging, and the suffixing patterns typical of Polish past participles. The nuance of przyznać emphasizes a completed act, while imperfective forms such as przyznawać refer to the ongoing or repeated act of granting.

Examples of common collocations include przyznana nagroda, przyznana dotacja, and przyznana licencja. The term is widely used in journalism, official announcements, grants, and award ceremonies, where precise gender agreement is essential for grammatical correctness.

Related terms include the verbs przyznać and przyznawać, and their participle forms used with different gender and number agreements.