Spadki

Spadki is a Polish noun in the plural form of spadek. It has several related but distinct meanings, depending on context. In everyday language and in technical writing it most often denotes declines or decreases in values or indicators.

In economics, finance and statistics, spadki describe downward trends: spadki cen, spadki popytu, spadki produkcji, or declines in stock prices and market indices. The term expresses a fall or reduction over a period and is commonly contrasted with wzrost (growth).

In the legal domain, spadek refers to inheritance. The singular spadek means the estate left by a deceased person; the plural spadki can denote several such estates or refer to multiple inheritance cases.

Etymology and usage: spadki derives from the verb spadać “to fall” and the noun spadek meaning a fall or descent. The word is most common in formal or technical registers, such as economic reports, legal texts or statistical analyses. In everyday speech, speakers may use phrases like “spadły ceny” rather than the noun form “spadki.”

Related terms include wzrost (increase) and podwyżka (rise). Spadki can be described as significant or modest through modifiers like znaczące, duże, niewielkie. Overall, spadki conveys the notion of a downward movement, whether in prices, production, conditions, or, in a legal sense, in inheritance-related property.