gatunkowej

Gatunkowej is a grammatical form in Polish, specifically the feminine singular inflection of the adjective gatunkowy. The form appears in the genitive, dative, and locative cases, so gatunkowej functions as a case-marked modifier for feminine nouns. The corresponding base adjective gatunkowy means “pertaining to a genre or to a species/taxon,” depending on context.

Morphology and usage

Gatunkowy has several semantic strands. In biological and taxonomic contexts it means “relating to a species or group of organisms.” In cultural and arts contexts it can describe something as genre-related, such as a film, literature, or music belonging to a particular genre. The form gatunkowej appears when describing feminine nouns in cases where the adjective must decline to match case, number, and gender. For example, in the phrase ochrona gatunkowej różnorodności, gatunkowej modifies różnorodności (feminine, genitive singular), conveying “species diversity.”

Common contexts

- Biology and ecology: gatunkowej różnorodności, gatunkowej bioróżnorodności.

- Arts and media: gatunkowej klasyfikacji, gatunkowej charakterystyki (when describing a feminine noun in an appropriate case).

- Research and policy texts: often occurs in phrases that specify an attribute tied to species or to a genre.

Notes

Gatunkowej is not a standalone word with a separate meaning; it is the inflected form of gatunkowy used to agree with feminine nouns in specific grammatical cases. The masculine and neuter forms are gatunkowy and gatunkowe, respectively, while feminine nominative form is gatunkowa.