Spokojnego

Spokojnego is a form of the Polish adjective spokojny, which means calm, peaceful, or tranquil. It is not a standalone noun but a specific inflected form used within sentences to modify a noun.

In Polish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number, and case. Spokojnego is the genitive singular form for masculine and neuter nouns, and it also appears as the accusative singular masculine animate form. For feminine nouns, the genitive singular form is spokojnej. The nominative forms of the singular are spokojny (masculine) and spokojne (neuter), with feminine nominative spokojna.

Common uses include expressing possession or description in the genitive case, such as spokojnego mężczyzny (a calm man), spokojnego psa (a calm dog), or spokojnego morza (a calm sea). In contexts with masculine animate nouns in the accusative, the form remains spokojnego, as in widzę spokojnego psa (I see a calm dog). For contrast, feminine phrases would use spokojnej, and neuter phrases use spokojnego in the genitive but spokojne in the nominative.

Etymologically, spokojnego derives from the adjective spokojny, which itself comes from the Polish noun spokój, meaning peace or calm. This root reflects a semantic shift from the state of peace to the attribute of being calm or undisturbed.

See also: spokojny, spokój, Polish grammar on adjective declension.