Zapisów

Zapisów is the genitive plural form of the Polish noun zapis, which denotes a written record, notation, or representation. The term covers both the result of writing something down and the act of recording information. In Polish usage, zapis can refer to textual entries, transcriptions, or any formal representation captured on paper or in a digital form.

Common senses of zapis include:

- a written record or entry in a document, ledger, or archive (for example, zapis w księdze or medical zapis/medical record);

- a notation or transcription used to represent information, such as phonetic zapis (phonetic transcription) or musical zapis (musical notation);

- a method of encoding information, including numerical or symbolic representations (zapis liczbowy, zapis binarny).

In practice, zapis is used across domains:

- documentation and archiving, where it denotes documented evidence or an entry;

- linguistics and phonetics, where zapis refers to transcription systems;

- music, where zapis refers to the score or notation of a musical work;

- IT and data management, where zapis can mean a data record or log entry.

The form zapisów appears in phrases requiring the genitive plural, such as zapisów nutowych (musical notations), zapisów medycznych (medical records), or zapisów w księdze (entries in a ledger). Etymologically, zapis derives from the verb zapisać, meaning to write down or register. Related forms include zapisany (written down) and zapisy (plural nominative). The distinction between zapis and related terms like nagranie (recording, especially audio/video) or notacja (notation) depends on context and convention.