badajcej

Badajcej is a nonstandard orthographic form that appears in some Polish texts, but the canonical form is badającej. The word is derived from the verb badać, meaning to study or examine, and it represents the feminine singular genitive or dative form of the present active participle.

Etymology and grammar: badać takes the present active participle suffix -jący, producing forms such as badająca (nominative feminine) and badającej (genitive or dative feminine). The diacritics in these forms are important in standard Polish. When diacritics are removed or misread, variants may appear in nonformal contexts or due to OCR errors, but they are not considered correct in standard writing.

Usage: As a participle used attributively, badającej describes a feminine noun that performs the action of examining. In practical phrases, you may find examples such as grupa badającej próbki (a group that examines samples) or wyniki badającej grupy (the results of the examining group). The nonstandard form badajcej is not accepted in formal Polish and may cause confusion among readers familiar with correct diacritics.

Notes: Polish grammar distinguishes multiple related forms of the same participle for gender and case, and correct diacritic spelling helps prevent ambiguity. In most reliable sources and edited texts, the diacritic form badającej is used where appropriate.

See also: badać; present participle; Polish grammar; orthography.