górnego

Górnego is a grammatical form rather than a standalone term in Polish. It is the genitive singular form of the adjective górny, which means upper, top, or superior. As such, górnego is used to modify masculine or neuter nouns that appear in the genitive case.

In practice, górnego appears in phrases such as górnego piętra (the upper floor) and górnego odcinka (the upper segment), where the noun is in genitive and the adjective accompanies it. The form also occurs in other contexts requiring the genitive case, for example when the adjective modifies a masculine noun like odcinek or a neuter noun like piętro.

Górnego also appears in proper names in a related way. Górny is a common Polish surname; in sentences referring to a person with that surname, the form Górnego is used as the genitive of the surname, for example in a construction like dom Górnego, meaning “the house of Górny.” This illustrates how górnego functions as an inflected form tied to grammatical case rather than as an independent proper noun.

Etymologically, górny derives from the noun góra, meaning mountain or hill, and conveys the sense of “located higher” or “on the upper part.” The adjective and its inflected forms are standard elements of Polish grammar and appear across various domains, including everyday descriptors and place-related terminology.