Wzrokami

Wzrokami is the instrumental plural form of the Polish noun wzrok, meaning sight or vision. It denotes the means or manner of perceiving something by eyesight and is largely encountered in historical, literary, or stylized language rather than in everyday speech.

Grammatical notes: Wzrok is masculine inanimate. Its singular instrumental form is wzrokiem, and its nominative plural is wzroki. The instrumental plural wzrokami is used to express “by eyes” or “with the sight” in a generic or collective sense and appears principally in older texts or formal prose.

Usage and frequency: In contemporary standard Polish, wzrokami is rare and often considered archaic or poetic. Modern speakers more commonly use phrases such as za pomocą wzroku (with the use of sight) or oczami (with the eyes) to convey similar meanings. The word may also occur in discussions of historical texts or in stylistic analyses of literature and rhetoric.

Etymology and related terms: The word wzrok originates from Polish roots connected to sight and has cognates in other Slavic languages. An archaic or poetic variant such as zrok exists in older Polish. The instrumental plural wzrokami reflects typical Polish noun declension patterns for masculine inanimate nouns.

See also: Wzrok, Zrok (archaic), Oczy, Zmysły, Polish language.