dotyczca

Dotyczca is a nonstandard orthographic variant of the Polish feminine present participle dotycząca, which means “concerning” or “pertaining to.” It is not a separate entry in major Polish dictionaries, and standard usage would employ dotycząca with the diacritic ą. The form dotyczaca (without diacritics) may appear in plain-text contexts, on the internet, or in OCR-transcribed material, but it is considered nonstandard. A further abbreviated misspelling such as dotyczca can occur when diacritics are omitted or during rapid typing.

Etymology and form: dotycząca derives from the verb dotyczyć (“to concern,” “to relate to”). The suffix -ąca marks the feminine present participle or adjective form, agreeing with a feminine noun such as sprawa (matter) or kwestia (issue).

Usage: dotycząca is used to introduce or modify a noun to indicate what the noun concerns. For example, “sprawa dotycząca ochrony danych” translates to “the matter concerning data protection.” In nonstandard texts, you might encounter dotyczaca or dotyczca, but restoring the diacritic to dotycząca is recommended for correctness and readability. The nonstandard form should not be confused with a separate lexical item or a proper noun.

See also: dotyczyć, dotyczący, dotycząca. Note that correct Polish orthography favors dotycząca in most formal and written contexts. If encountered without diacritics, interpret it as a likely misspelling of dotycząca and adjust accordingly.