cyfrowego

Cyfrowego is the genitive singular form of the Polish adjective cyfrowy, meaning digital or relating to digits and computing. The base word cyfrowy comes from cyfra, meaning digit, and it has become a standard descriptor for technology, media, and processes that rely on digital rather than analog methods. In contemporary Polish, cyfrowy and its declined forms are used to modify nouns that denote electronic, computerised, or digitized phenomena.

Usage and morphology: Cyfrowego appears when a masculine or neuter noun is in the genitive singular and is described as digital. Examples include formatu cyfrowego (of a digital format) and urządzenia cyfrowego (of a digital device). In other cases, other forms are used: cyfrowa (feminine), cyfrowe (plural). The adverb cyfrowo means “digitally,” and it is distinct from the adjective forms.

Meaning and domains: The term is widespread in information technology, media, education, and commerce, where digital versions, formats, or processes are contrasted with analog ones. It occurs in official terminology—such as cyfrowe archiwum (digital archive) or cyfrowe media (digital media)—as well as in marketing, with phrases like produkty cyfrowe or usługi cyfrowe.

Etymology: The word derives from cyfra (digit) and reflects the shift from analog to digital technologies that dominates contemporary discourse. See also: cyfrowy, cyfrowe, cyfrowo, cyfry.