kursów

Kursów is the genitive plural form of kurs, a Polish noun with several related meanings. The word covers a course or sequence of study, a rate or price, and in finance also the value at which currencies or securities are recorded. The same root appears in phrases describing education, finance, and economics, such as kurs języka angielskiego (foreign-language course) and kurs walut (exchange rate).

In education, kurs denotes a class or program of study, typically offered over a fixed period. The plural kursy refers to multiple courses. The form kursów is used in contexts requiring the genitive case, for example after expressions of quantity or in phrases like liczba kursów dostępnych online or spadek liczby kursów (a decrease in the number of courses).

In finance and commerce, kurs describes the value or price of assets, currencies, or commodities. Common compounds are kurs walut and kurs akcji. When the noun is in genitive due to surrounding words, the form kursów appears, as in spadek kursów walut (a drop in exchange rates) or różnica kursów ropy naftowej (the difference in oil prices). The genitive plural is also used after numerals and certain quantifying words, reinforcing its role as a measure or set of values rather than a single rate.

Usage notes include that kurs is a common base for many fixed expressions in Polish, and kursów serves as the grammatical form needed in contexts governed by genitive case. Etymologically, kurs traces to nearby European languages with similar meanings, such as French cours or German Kurs, reflecting the broad sense of a “course” or “path” in economics and education.