Szkodami

Szkodami is the instrumental plural form of the Polish noun szkoda, which can mean damage, harm, loss, or pity depending on context. The noun szkoda is feminine; its declension includes nominative plural szkody, instrumental plural szkodami, and locative plural szkodach.

In grammar, szkodami is used in constructions that require the instrumental case, often in formal or technical language. It frequently appears in legal, insurance, and economic texts to refer to multiple damages or harms described or considered as the objects of action or description, for example in phrases like szkody powstałe—when accompanied by a participle or preposition, as in szkody powstałe w wyniku pożaru or szkody materialne.

Semantic notes: the basic sense of szkoda as damage or loss can apply to physical or financial harm, while the related meaning of szkoda as pity or regret is found only in the singular form szkoda.

Etymology and related forms: szkoda derives from older Polish and Proto-Slavic roots meaning harm or loss. Related verbs include szkodzić (to harm) and the noun odszkodowanie (compensation), which is used in contexts discussing remedies for damages.

See also: szkoda, szkodzić, szkody, odszkodowanie, szkody materialne.