cytowana

Cytowana is a feminine singular form of the Polish adjective or past passive participle cytowany, derived from the verb cytować, meaning to cite or quote. In usage, cytowana describes a noun that has been quoted or cited in a text. It functions as a modifier and agrees with the gender and number of the noun it describes (for example: cytowana wypowiedź, cytowana teza, cytowane fragmenty).

In scholarly and journalistic writing, cytowana is commonly used to indicate that material has been taken from another source. It appears in phrases such as cytowana wypowiedź, cytowana definicja or cytowany fragment, signaling that the words or ideas originate from someone else rather than the author. The form is typically employed in formal style to distinguish quoted content from original content, and can appear in various cases and numbers to match the noun it modifies (cytowane fragmenty, cytowane źródła, cytowana informacja).

Etymology and related forms: cytowana comes from the Polish verb cytować, which means to cite or quote. The root cyt- is linked to the concept of citing sources. Related forms include cytowany (masculine singular), cytowany (neuter), cytowani (masculine plural), and cytowane (feminine plural or neuter), as well as the verb cytować and the synonym zacytować, which more directly means to quote verbatim. In usage, cytowana is one option among several ways to mark quoted material in Polish texts.