dokumentowanych

Dokumentowanych is a Polish participial form meaning documented. It is the genitive plural or accusative plural form of the past passive participle dokumentowany, derived from the verb dokumentować (to document). The form functions as an adjective, describing nouns that have undergone documentation or verification.

Morphology and usage notes: As a past passive participle, dokumentowany has different inflected forms depending on gender, number, and case. The form dokumentowanych appears in genitive plural and in accusative plural for masculine personal nouns. For example: dokumentowanych źródeł (of documented sources) or dokumentowanych dowodów (documented evidence). In nominative plural, one would typically use dokumentowane for neuter or non-personal nouns, as in dokumentowane materiały (documented materials). Dokumentowanych is not a stand-alone noun; it is an adjective-like participle used to qualify a noun.

Usage examples: The term is common in formal, academic, archival, and legal contexts to indicate that something has been documented or backed by documents. It often signals reliability or traceability, such as in phrases like na podstawie dokumentowanych źródeł (on the basis of documented sources) or zestaw dokumentowanych danych (a set of documented data).

Etymology and related terms: Dokumentowanych comes from dokumentować, whose root is related to Latin documentum. Related Polish terms include dokumentacja (documentation), dokumentacja źródeł (documentation of sources), and udokumentowany (a more strongly marked past participle, with a prefix).