Znalezienie

Znalezienie is a Polish noun formed from the verb znaleźć (to find) with the suffix -enie. It denotes the act or result of finding or discovering something. In English, it is commonly translated as “finding” or “discovery.”

In everyday usage, znalezienie can refer to discovering a place, an object, or information, for example: “znalezienie skarbu” (the discovery of treasure) or “znalezienie prawdy” (the finding of truth). In scientific and scholarly contexts, the term can describe a finding or result of research. In archaeology, the more common term for the physical object that was found is znalezisko, while znalezienie refers to the act of finding itself.

The word is related to other Polish terms such as odnalezienie (rediscovery or locating again) and odkrycie (discovery, often of something new). The choice between them depends on nuance: odkrycie emphasizes novelty, while znalezienie emphasizes the act or event of locating something, regardless of whether it was expected.

Related terms include znalezisko, odnalezienie, and odkrycie.