Sukcesów

Sukcesów to genety plural form of the Polish noun sukces, which means a favorable result or positive outcome. The form appears in contexts that require the genitive plural, such as after numerals and expressions indicating quantity (wiele sukcesów, kilka sukcesów, brak sukcesów) and in phrases describing a lack or absence of multiple successes. It is not used as a subject; for that role the nominative plural sukcesy is used.

Etymology and form. The noun sukces comes from the French succès, which in turn traces to Latin successus, meaning an outcome achieved through effort. In Polish declension, the plural genitive ends with -ów, yielding sukcesów. The same form can function as the accusative plural for inanimate masculine nouns.

Usage and examples. In standard prose, sukcesów is the appropriate form after quantifiers or in negation: „wiele sukcesów”, „nie ma sukcesów”. It appears in compound expressions such as „seria sukcesów” or „pozytywny bilans sukcesów”. The corresponding nominative plural, sukcesy, marks the subject of a sentence, e.g., „Sukcesy przeważyły w ostatnich latach”.

Nuance and synonyms. The word 'sukces' is often used to denote publicly recognized or notable outcomes, whereas 'osiągnięcie' emphasizes the act of achieving and can be more formal or neutral. 'Sukcesów' specifically locates multiple successes in a genitive context, for example when discussing history, statistics, or performance reports.

See also. Relevant related terms include sukces, sukcesy, osiągnięcie, wygrana, and wyniki, which help differentiate the scale and nature of favorable outcomes in Polish.