drodowej

Drodowej is a form of the Polish adjective relating to roads or road infrastructure. In standard Polish, the corresponding feminine form used with feminine nouns is drogowa, while the feminine genitive, dative, or locative singular is drogowej. The sequence drog- comes from the noun droga (road), and the ending -owej marks the specific case and gender in agreement with the noun it modifies. The spelling with the letter sequence drod- is not part of the standard inflection and appears mainly as a misspelling or non-standard variant; in authoritative sources the form drogowej is used.

Etymology and morphology: The root droga provides the semantic basis for adjectives such as drogowy (masculine), drogowa (feminine nominative), and drogowe (neuter). The form drogowej (feminine singular genitive, dative, or locative) functions as a grammatical case ending rather than a separate lexeme. This morphological pattern allows the adjective to agree with feminine nouns across different grammatical contexts.

Usage: Drogowej is encountered in phrases where a feminine noun in genitive, dative, or locative case is modified by a road-related adjective. Examples include: “część sieci drogowej” (part of the road network), “koncepcja drogowej infrastruktury” (concept of road infrastructure), or “mapa drogowej organizacji ruchu” (map of the road traffic organization). In everyday language, the standard form drogowej is more common in written Polish.

See also: drogowy, droga, drogowa, drogowe, droga publiczna.

Notes: While this article centers on the form drogowej, it is typically considered a variant spelling of drogowej, and the latter is the form found in most reference works.