kolejnej

Kolejnej is a feminine singular inflected form of the Polish adjective kolejny, which means next, following, or another. It is used with feminine nouns in cases such as genitive, dative, or locative. The form signals that the noun refers to something that comes after something else in a sequence or represents an additional item.

In practice, kolejnej appears in phrases like kolejnej szklanki (genitive singular, meaning "another glass"), kolejnej kartce (genitive or locative singular, depending on context, as in “in the next page” or “of the next page”), and na kolejnej stronie (locative singular, meaning “on the next page”). These examples show how the same ending adapts to different grammatical cases while agreeing in gender with the feminine noun.

Usage notes:

- It applies only to feminine nouns. For masculine nouns the contrasting forms of kolejny are used, such as kolejny (nominative singular) or kolejnego in genitive.

- It can express both a sequential sense (the next item) and an additive sense (another item) depending on the noun it modifies and the case in which it appears.

- In common phrases, kolejny is often preferred when the emphasis is on sequence, while kolejnej serves when the noun is in a case that requires that ending.

Etymology: kolejnej derives from kolejny, rooted in kolej meaning order or sequence, with the typical feminine singular ending -nej in several cases.

Overall, kolejnej functions as a standard inflected form used to describe feminine-noun phrases referring to the next item or an additional item in Polish.