grzmotami

Grzmotami is the instrumental plural form of the Polish noun grzmot, which means thunder or a loud rumble. In Polish grammar, grzmot is masculine inanimate. Its nominative plural is grzmoty, while the instrumental plural is grzmotami. The form grzmotami is used when thunder is the instrument or means by which an action is performed, especially in literary or descriptive passages.

Usage and style: Grzmotami frequently appears in poetry and narrative prose to personify or dramatize a storm, portraying thunder as an active force. It can appear with passive constructions or with verbs that take instrumental, e.g., Cisza została przerwana grzmotami. In meteorological or news reporting, it is less common; writers typically use nouns like grzmot or the plural grzmoty to describe thunder claps in a straightforward way.

Relation and etymology: The word grzmot originates in native Polish, with cognates in other Slavic languages. Grzmotami is the standard instrumental plural form, not a proper noun. It is primarily found in literary, rhetorical, or descriptive contexts rather than everyday speech.

See also: Polish grammar, instrumental case.