geograficznego

Geograficznego is the genitive singular form of the Polish adjective geograficzny, which means geographic or geographical. In Polish, adjectives decline by gender, number, and case, so geograficznego appears when the noun it modifies is in the genitive singular and is masculine or neuter. The feminine genitive singular form is geograficznej, and other forms include geograficzny (nominative masculine) and geograficzne (nominative neuter).

Geograficznego is commonly used in phrases describing nouns in the genitive case. For example, in the phrase obszaru geograficznego, the noun obszar is masculine singular and in genitive, requiring the adjective in its genitive singular form geograficznego. Another common construction is pochodzenia geograficznego, meaning geographic origin, where geograficznego agrees with the neuter noun pochodzenia in genitive singular.

Etymology and relation to other terms: geograficzny derives from geografia, itself from Greek roots ge- “earth” and graphein “to write describing.” The form geograficznego is one of several inflected variants that a Polish speaker uses to match the grammatical gender and case of the noun it modifies. The term is primarily a grammatical tool, but it also appears in everyday language when discussing maps, regions, climates, and other geographic contexts.

See also: geografia, geograficzny, geography.