korków

Korków is a Polish word that functions primarily as the genitive plural form of kork, meaning corks or bottle stoppers. It appears in phrases involving quantity or possession, for example: dziesięć korków (ten corks), or pudełko korków (a box of corks). The form is also used in the sense of traffic jams when kork refers to a clog in the roads, where the genitive plural korków can appear in phrases such as liczba korków drogowych.

Etymology and usage: kork is a basic Polish noun denoting cork, the material harvested from cork oak and used to seal bottles, among other things. The plural forms are korki (nominative plural) and korków (genitive plural). The word korków thus appears in everyday language whenever the quantity or association with corks is described, such as in shopping lists, wine-related contexts, or descriptions of clogging in transportation.

Toponymy and related forms: In Polish toponymy and naming, korków may occur as part of place names or as a morphological form in phrases describing locations associated with cork production or commerce. It is also seen in language that forms adjectival or possessive phrases related to cork, though it is less common as a standalone proper noun.

Notes: The pronunciation of korków follows standard Polish rules, with the stress typically on the penultimate syllable. The form illustrates how Polish uses inflected endings to indicate number and case, here marking plural quantity in the genitive case.