kierunków

Kierunków is the genitive plural form of the Polish noun kierunek. It is used when referring to multiple directions, fields, or directions of study, and appears in phrases where the noun is governed by a genitive plural.

The base word kierunek has several senses. It can denote a physical direction or bearing, such as the direction of travel. It can also mean a course or path, as in the direction of a project. In education and administration, kierunek also refers to a field of study or major, for example in university catalogs.

Common collocations with kierunków include kierunków rozwoju (development directions), kierunków studiów (fields of study or majors), kierunków polityki (policy directions), and kierunków działania (directions of action). In these phrases, kierunków is the genitive plural form used after numerals or other words that require the genitive, or with prepositions that govern the genitive.

Grammar note: kierunek is a masculine noun. Its genitive singular is kierunku; its genitive plural is kierunków. Full declension of kierunek in the singular and plural is: singular—nominative kierunek, genitive kierunku; plural—nominative kierunki, genitive kierunków; dative kierunkowi/kierunkowi? (standard is kierunkom), accusative kierunek/kierunki, instrumental kierunkiem/kierunką, locative kierunku/kierunku. In practice, kierunków is primarily encountered in the genitive plural forms described above.

In sum, kierunków marks a relationship to multiple directions or fields and is most commonly seen in formal contexts describing development, studies, or policy directions.