dwudziestych

Dwudziestych is a form of the Polish ordinal number dwudziesty, meaning “twentieth.” It appears in the plural inflection used with nouns in various cases, most commonly the genitive plural and the locative plural, when describing time periods or decades.

The form dwudziestych is typically seen in phrases that refer to the twenties decade, especially in historical or chronological contexts. It is not a standalone noun; rather, it functions as an adjective that agrees with the noun it accompanies. For example, in phrases such as lata dwudziestych or w dwudziestych latach XX wieku, dwudziestych marks the decade and synchronizes with the case of lata (years) or latach (in the years).

Common uses include references to the twenties of a given century. In Polish, this can denote the period known as the twenties within the 20th century, such as the 1920s, or more generally any twenty-year span described as the twenties of a century. The form is also encountered with other plural time nouns, such as dni (days) or roczniki (years), when describing time frames.

Related terms include the base ordinal dwudziesty (twentieth), the plural and declined forms used in different grammatical cases, and dwudziestolecie, which denotes a twenty-year period, as well as broader historical references to the XX wiek (the 20th century). Dwudziestych thus serves as a grammatical marker for describing the twentieth decade in Polish.