Zabronieni

Zabronieni is a Polish term that denotes a group or individuals prohibited from performing an action or entering a space. It is the masculine personal plural form of the adjective zabroniony, meaning "forbidden" or "prohibited." In standard usage, zabronieni may function as a noun-like reference meaning "the forbidden ones" and is used with masculine-person nouns; the corresponding feminine plural and neuter plural form is zabronione. In most contexts, however, the constructions "osoby zabronione" (forbidden persons) or the adjective "zakazane" are more common.

The term is primarily found in legal, administrative, and literary contexts. In signage and formal policy, phrases such as "wstęp zabroniony" or "zakaz wstępu" express prohibitions; zabronieni mainly serves as a descriptive label when a group is explicitly identified as prohibited.

In culture and fiction, Zabronieni can function as a fictional or symbolic name for a group characterized by prohibition or marginalization. There is no widely established historical organization or public institution universally named Zabronieni; its use tends to be contextual and literary rather than documentary.

See also: zabroniony, zakaz, prohibitions, Polish grammar.