Teksty

Teksty is a Polish noun meaning texts. It forms the plural of tekst and is used to refer to any written or printed content that can be read, including articles, essays, poems, or transcripts. In everyday usage, teksty can denote the material itself rather than its author, and it is common in both academic and media contexts.

In music and popular culture, teksty most commonly refers to song lyrics: teksty piosenek are the words sung in a track. The term appears in contexts such as publishing lyric collections, online lyric databases, and discussions of a song’s meaning. Beyond lyrics, teksty may also denote transcripts, subtitles or captions, especially when treated as textual material.

In linguistic and literary contexts, teksty are studied as coherent stretches of discourse. Distinctions are made between tekst literacki, tekst informacyjny, tekst publicystyczny, and other genres. The phrase analiza tekstu means text analysis, examining structure, style, rhetoric, and interpretation within a given text. The plural teksty thus encompasses a broad range of written forms, from creative writing to formal documents.

Etymology: The word tekst derives from Latin textus, via French texte and other languages, and entered Polish in the early modern period. It is related to terms in many European languages that denote written content. The term remains productive in education, media, librarianship, and digital communication.