indywidualnym

Indywidualnym is the instrumental singular form of the Polish adjective indywidualny, meaning "individual" or "personal." The form is used with masculine nouns and neuter nouns in the instrumental case; feminine instrumental singular is indywidialną. Common examples include z indywidualnym podejściem (with an individual/ tailored approach) and indywidualnym planem (an individual plan). The base form, indywidualny, declines as masc. singular: indywidualny, gen. indywidualnego, dat. indywidualnemu, acc. indywidualny, instr. indywidualnym, loc. indywidualnym; fem. singular: indywidualna, indywidualnej, indywidualnej, indywidualną, indywidualną, indywidualnej; neuter singular: indywidualne, indywidualnego, indywidualnemu, indywidualne, indywidualnym, indywidualnym.

The word is derived from the concept of individuality, rooted in Latin and Romance-language borrowing patterns that produced Polish indywidualny to describe characteristics related to a single person or thing. In use, indywidualny and its inflected forms appear across domains such as education, management, medicine, and everyday language to stress personalization, tailoring, or distinctness.

Usage notes and nuance: indywidualnym emphasizes a specific, person-centered or tailored quality when paired with a masculine or neuter noun in the instrumental case. It is not synonymous with more general terms like ogólny (general) or zbiorowy (collective). The feminine form for instrumental is indywidualną, for example: indywidualną metodą (by an individual method). As a grammatical form, indywidualnym serves as one of several inflected variants of the adjective indywidualny depending on gender, number, and case.