Targów

Targów is the genitive plural form of the Polish noun targ, which means a fair or market. The base noun targ is masculine and used to refer to events where sellers and buyers gather, or more generally to markets. The usual basic forms of targ are targi (nominative plural), targ (singular genitive), targowi (dative), targi (accusative), targami (instrumental), and targach (locative). Targów specifically appears when something relates to or belongs to multiple fairs.

In practice, targów occurs in a variety of common expressions describing the content, possession, or timing of fairs. Examples include: program targów (the program of the fairs), katalog targów (the catalog of the fairs), uczestnicy targów (participants of the fairs), liczba targów (the number of fairs). The preposition podczas typically accompanies targów in the sense of “during the fairs,” as in podczas targów.

Targów also appears in compound terms and descriptive phrases related to fairs or market activity. The related adjective targowy describes items or events connected with fairs, such as bilet targowy (a fair ticket) or stoisko targowe (a fair booth). The noun form is widely used in business, cultural, and regional contexts to denote activities, exhibitions, or markets that are annual, seasonal, or temporary in nature.

Etymologically, targów derives from targ, the root meaning market or fair, and follows standard Polish pluralization patterns for masculine nouns. While targów is a grammatical form rather than a standalone meaning, it is essential for constructing phrases that express relationships to multiple fairs.