Standardowymi

Standardowymi is the instrumental plural form of the Polish adjective standardowy, meaning standard or conventional. It is used to modify masculine personal nouns in the instrumental case, for example z standardowymi ludźmi (with standard people) or standardowymi procedurami (with standard procedures). The form signals that the action or state is performed with or according to standard means.

Morphology and usage context

In Polish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender, number, and case. For the common -owy class, the instrumental plural masculine personal form ends in -owymi, giving standardowymi as the standard form in that context. This form appears in phrases describing actions carried out with standard methods, procedures, or conditions. Examples include standardowymi metodami, standardowymi warunkami, and standardowymi parametrami.

Common contexts

Standardowymi occurs frequently in technical, administrative, and scientific language, where reference to established standards, guidelines, or protocols is common. It can describe tools, processes, or collaborators operating under standard procedures, as in collaborations with standardowymi procedurami or assessments using standardowymi parametrami.

Relation to other forms

Standardowymi is linked to other forms of the adjective standardowy, such as standardowy (masculine singular nominative), standardowa (feminine singular), standardowe (neuter singular or plural in some cases), and standardowymi in instrumental plural. The root standard originates from the English word standard and has become a productive part of Polish technical vocabulary.

Etymology

The word standardowy derives from standard, borrowed into Polish in past centuries, with the -owy adjectival ending forming comparative and descriptive derivatives used across noun classes.