Wielkim

Wielkim is a Polish term that functions both as a toponymic element and as a grammatical form of an adjective. In toponymy, Wielkim appears as part of compound place names rather than as a standalone town, serving to describe or qualify a locality within a larger geographic or historical context. Because it is a descriptive element, the exact referent of Wielkim depends on the accompanying geographic or administrative qualifiers in a given name.

Linguistically, Wielkim is the instrumental singular form of the adjective wielki, meaning "great" or "large." In Polish grammar, adjectives decline to agree with the gender, number, and case of the nouns they modify. Wielkim is the masculine singular instrumental form (and also the neuter singular instrumental form) used with masculine or neuter nouns in phrases where the instrumental case is required, such as after certain prepositions or in set phrases. The feminine instrumental form is wielką, and other cases end differently (for example, genitive wielkiego, nominative wielki).

Because the name Wielkim may appear in multiple locations across Poland, identifying a specific place requires additional qualifiers, such as the relevant voivodeship (region), county, or municipality, as well as geographic coordinates or a map reference. Without these, Wielkim alone does not point to a single, uniquely defined locality.

See also: Wielki, Polish toponyms, Polish grammar.