cienkim

Cienkim is the instrumental singular masculine form of the Polish adjective cienki, meaning thin or slender. It functions as a standard inflected form used to describe a masculine singular noun in sentences that require the instrumental case, or in expressions where the adjective conveys means or manner.

In everyday Polish, cienkim commonly appears in phrases such as cienkim pędzlem (with a thin brush) to indicate the instrument or manner, and in set phrases that describe a condition or state of how something is done. It can also occur in locative or other constructions where the noun it modifies appears in a different grammatical case, as in on thin ice, often rendered as na cienkim lodzie.

Morphology and usage notes: cienkim inflects like a typical short adjective in Polish. Masculine singular instrumental is cienkim; feminine singular instrumental is cienką; neuter singular instrumental is cienkiem; plural instrumental is cienkimi. The base form cienki serves as the positive degree, with comparative and superlative forms formed as appropriate for the adjective.

Etymology and classification: cienkim derives from the native Polish adjective cienki, which denotes slenderness or thinness. Its inflected form cienkim is a standard grammatically required variant in the instrumental case. The term is not a separate lexical entry but a grammatical form of cienki used in fluid Polish syntax.

See also: cienki, Polish adjectives, Polish grammar, instrumental case.