istniejcych

Istniejących is a non-diacritic variant of the Polish word istniejących, the genitive plural form of the present participle istniejący. The base verb istnieć means to exist, so the participle conveys the sense of “existing” or “currently in existence.” In standard Polish spelling, the form is istniejących, with the diacritics, while istniejacych appears in texts that omit diacritics.

Grammatical function and usage: Istniejących is an adjective in the genitive plural, used to modify nouns that appear in genitive plural. It denotes that the referenced entities exist at the present time. Typical contexts include descriptive prose, scientific writing, legal or administrative language, and any construction where one needs to specify the existence of items, beings, or concepts. For example, a phrase meaning “existing species” uses the genitive plural form to link the adjective to the noun in genitive plural.

Etymology: The form derives from the verb istnieć (to exist) and the present-participle suffix -jący. The resulting adjective inflects to agree with the noun it modifies in gender, number, and case.

Related forms: Istniejący (masculine singular nominative), istniejąca (feminine singular nominative), istniejące (neuter singular nominative or plural forms in other cases). The noun form is istnienie (existence).

See also: istnieć, istnienie, istniejący.