kolejnych

Kolejnych is the genitive plural form of the Polish adjective kolejny, which means next or following. It functions as a grammatical agreement form used with plural nouns to denote items that come after something previously mentioned or to describe a sequence of items. Unlike the standalone adverb, kolejnych always accompanies a noun and reflects the noun’s case, number, and gender in its plural genitive (and related) forms.

Usage and contexts

Kolejnych is most常 seen with plural nouns in the genitive or in constructions involving numerals. It commonly appears in phrases such as:

- kolejnych dni (the next days)

- kolejnych dni/h tygodni (the next days/weeks)

- kolejnych pięć osób (the next five people)

In addition, it occurs in prepositional phrases describing a sequence, for example: w kolejnych latach (in the following years), w kolejnych krokach (in the next steps). The form signals that the referenced items are successive or subsequent to ones already discussed.

Grammar notes

Polish adjectives decline for case, number, and gender. The form kolejnych represents plural, commonly genitive plural, and is also used in masculine personal accusative plural and locative/plural contexts where the noun is in a case requiring this form. It does not function as an independent word; its role is to agree with the noun it modifies and to convey the sense of “the next” within a sequence.

See also

Kolejny, kolejność, porządek.