krzywymi

Krzywymi is the instrumental plural form of the Polish adjective krzywy, meaning crooked, bent, or irregular. It is used as a modifier in the instrumental case for plural nouns and describes objects or paths that are not straight or direct. The form appears in everyday language as well as in literature to convey curvature, irregularity, or indirectness.

Common uses include describing physical shapes or routes, for example: krzywymi drogami (along crooked roads), krzywymi ulicami (along crooked streets), and krzywymi liniami (along crooked lines). It can also be employed metaphorically, such as krzywymi ścieżkami losu, to denote winding or non-direct courses in life.

Grammatically, krzywymi is the instrumental plural form that agrees with plural nouns in the instrumental case. It is part of standard Polish adjective inflection and is used regardless of the gender of the noun it modifies, whenever the noun is plural and in instrumental case.

Origin and scope: the word derives from the root krzyw- connected with bending or curvature. It is a common descriptive term across fields such as geography, urban planning, art, and narrative prose. It is not a place name, organization, or personal surname, but a regular grammatical form used to describe non-straight characteristics in both tangible and figurative contexts.