gniewu

Gniewu is the genitive singular form of the Polish noun gniew, which means anger or wrath. It is used to express possession, to indicate a relationship between nouns, and after prepositions that govern the genitive. For example, phrases such as bez gniewu (without anger) or brak gniewu (lack of anger) illustrate typical genitive usage.

In grammar, gniew is masculine and follows standard Polish declension patterns for a masculine singular noun: nominative gniew, genitive gniewu, dative gniewowi, accusative gniew, instrumental gniewem, locative gniewie. Plural forms are gniewy (nominative), gniewów (genitive), gniewom (dative), gniewy (accusative), gniewami (instrumental), gniewach (locative). The genitive form gniewu thus marks possession, quantity, or negation in many constructions.

Etymologically, gniew derives from Proto-Slavic *gněvъ and has cognates in other Slavic languages, such as Russian гнев (gnev) and Ukrainian гнів (hniv). The toponym Gniew, a town in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland, shares the same spelling but is capitalized; its name in the genitive is Gniewu when referring to something of or related to the town (historia Gniewu, zabytki Gniewu).

See also: gniew, złość, wściekłość. The form gniewu should be interpreted from context as either the genitive singular of the common noun gniew or the genitive of the proper noun Gniew.