dotyczych

Dotyczych is a form connected with the Polish verb dotyczyć, meaning to concern or relate to. In standard Polish usage, dotyczący is the present participle meaning “concerning” or “relating to,” and it inflects across gender and number. The form dotyczych by itself is not typically treated as a separate dictionary entry in modern Polish; it most often appears as a component of inflected phrases or as a nonstandard variant in some texts.

Etymology and meaning: The root is the verb dotyczyć. Through the participle paradigm, dotyczący (masc. sg.), dotycząca (fem. sg.), dotyczące (neut. sg.), and their plural forms describe things that concern or pertain to something. These forms are used to form noun phrases such as “sprawy dotyczące zmian” (matters concerning changes) or, more precisely, in the genitive/accusative sequences with nouns in those cases.

Grammatical usage: In contemporary Polish, the widely used construction is the present participle dotyczący and its declined forms, for example dotyczących for phrases in genitive plural. The isolated form dotyczych is uncommon in standard constructions and, if it appears, is usually part of a larger inflected form like dotyczących or a regional/archaic variant. For clear, idiomatic expression, one should use dotyczących or dotyczący as dictated by number, gender, and case.

Examples:

- Sprawy dotyczące zmian (matters concerning changes).

- Sprawozdanie dotyczące wyników (report concerning the results).

- Dotyczący problemu profesor wygłosił wykład (the one concerning the problem gave a lecture).

See also: dotyczyć; dotyczący; dotyczyć w polszczyźnie.