domowi

Domowi is a grammatical form in Polish. It is the dative singular form of the noun dom, which means house. The form is used to indicate the indirect object in sentences, such as Daj domowi klucz, which translates to “Give a key to the house.”

Etymology and morphology: dom is a native Polish noun deriving from the Proto-Slavic word *domъ, related to words for “house” in other Slavic languages. The dative singular ending -owi is a common pattern for masculine nouns of this declension class in Polish. The same noun in other cases takes different endings (for example, genitive domu, nominative dom). The corresponding dative form for the plural is domom.

Usage: domowi appears only as an inflected form, not as a standalone lexical item. It is used when the speaker wants to mark the house as the recipient or indirect object of an action, typically with verbs that govern a dative construction. While domowi is most directly associated with dom, the mechanism it represents applies to other masculine nouns that follow similar declension patterns.

See also: Polish grammar, noun declension, case system.