Szybszemu

Szybszemu is a grammatical form in the Polish language. It is the dative singular form of the comparative adjective szybszy, which means “faster.” The form szybszemu is used with masculine or neuter nouns when they are in the dative case.

Formation and inflection: Polish adjectives decline to reflect gender, number, and case. For the masculine or neuter singular in the dative, szybszy takes the ending -emu, yielding szybszemu. The feminine counterpart in the dative singular is szybszej. In other cases and numbers, different forms are used, depending on the gender and the required grammatical case.

Usage: Szybszemu appears in sentences where the modified noun is in the dative case, often in indirect-object constructions or with verbs that govern the dative. It functions as an inflected modifier rather than as an independent word.

Example: szybszemu samochodowi — “to a faster car” or “to the faster car,” with samochodowi (masculine, neuter noun in the dative sing.) illustrating the form in context.

Etymology: The form is derived from the base adjective szybszy (faster) and the standard Polish dative singular ending -emu. It is one of several inflected forms used to maintain agreement with the noun in a given grammatical case.

See also: szybszy, szybsza, szybsze; Polish adjective declension; comparative forms.