grecki

Grecki is a Polish adjective meaning “of Greece” or “Greek.” It is used to describe things associated with Greece, its language, people, culture, or products. Examples include język grecki (the Greek language), alfabet grecki (the Greek alphabet), and kuchnia grecka (Greek cuisine). In Polish, the masculine nominative form is grecki, the feminine is grecka, and the neuter greckie. The term is not capitalized when used as a common adjective.

Grecki also functions as a Polish surname. As an onomastic form, individuals may bear the surname Grecki, which is unrelated to the geographic name unless considered in genealogical or family-history contexts. Surnames can be capitalized and treated as proper nouns, distinct from the ordinary adjective usage.

Etymology traces grecki to the ethnonym Grecy (Greeks) and the name of the country Greece (Grecja), with the Polish adjective-forming suffix -cki. This pattern is common in Polish for words describing people or things related to a place or group.

Usage notes: In encyclopedic or formal writing, grecki is used for non-capitalized adjectives. When referring to a surname or a proper name, the form is capitalized as Grecki. The related noun for the people is Grecy, and the country is Grecja. See also Greece (Grecja) and Greek language (język grecki).