doktora

Doktora is a linguistic form associated with the Polish noun doktor. In general usage, doktor can refer to a medical doctor or to a person who has earned a doctoral degree. The word doktor itself is borrowed from Latin doctor, via the medieval Latin and later European languages, and it has entered Polish with the same two basic senses.

Doktora specifically denotes the genitive singular form of doktor in Polish grammar. This inflected form is used in contexts such as possession or description, for example in phrases equivalent to “the doctor’s book” or “a book of the doctor.” Because Polish nouns change form according to case, number, and gender, such inflected endings appear throughout everyday speech and writing, even though doktora is not a separate word with its own independent meaning.

The term doktor covers both professional roles and academic degrees. It can describe a medical professional or a person who holds a doctoral degree. The corresponding academic credential is usually referred to as doktorat, or by the field-specific designation such as doktor nauk, and the feminine form of the person’s title is often doktorka. In Polish, the title used in direct address for a holder of a doctorate is typically doktor (often abbreviated as dr. in everyday use), while doktora appears as a grammatical form within sentences.

See also: doktor, doktorat, doktorka, doktor nauk.

Doktora, as a form, illustrates how Polish uses inflection to express grammatical relationships, while the base word doktor remains the core lexeme carrying the meaning “doctor” in its two principal senses.