angielskim

Angielskim is a grammatical form of the Polish adjective angielski, meaning “English.” It is used to describe masculine singular nouns in certain cases, most commonly the instrumental and locative, and appears in phrases that reference the English language or English-related qualities. Typical usage includes phrases such as językiem angielskim (the English language), w języku angielskim (in English), or z angielskim nauczycielem (with an English teacher). The form angielskim often functions to indicate language or to qualify a noun within a sentence.

In Polish grammar, angielski has standard gendered and case-based forms: masculine singular nominative angielski, feminine singular angielska, neuter singular angielskie, with corresponding instrumental forms such as angielskim for masculine singular. The term is used across contexts that discuss language, culture, or objects described as English. As with many Polish adjectives, angielskim agrees with the noun it modifies in case, number, and gender, which means its exact ending changes with the syntactic role of the noun.

Etymology and related terms: angielski derives from the Latin Anglicus, via Old French anglais and other European linguistic layers, and is cognate with terms in several languages that signify England or English. In Polish, the noun Anglik denotes an English person, while angielski and its inflected forms refer to the English language or to attributes described as English.

See also: Anglik, English language, Angielski (the base form).