leczniczych

Leczniczych is a Polish adjective form meaning medicinal or therapeutic, used to describe nouns related to healing. It is the genitive plural (and the accusative plural) form of the base adjective leczniczy. In Polish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender, number, and case, so leczniczych appears when the noun is in genitive or accusative plural.

Usage and examples

Lecznich forms commonly appear with plural nouns such as rośliny, zioła, właściwości or leki. Examples include roślin leczniczych (medicinal plants), ziół leczniczych (medicinal herbs), właściwości leczniczych (therapeutic properties), and leków leczniczych (therapeutic drugs) in phrases where the head noun is in a genitive plural position.

Etymology and related terms

The word pochodzi from leczyć (to heal) and forms a core pair with leczniczy, which in nominative forms also describes things intended to aid health. Related terms include zioła lecznicze (medicinal herbs) and rośliny lecznicze (medicinal plants), where the adjective can appear in other inflected forms depending on the noun’s case and number.

Notes

Leczniczych primarily serves as a grammatical form rather than a standalone concept. Its precise sense—medicinal, therapeutic, or healing—depends on the noun it modifies. It is commonly used in medical, botanical, and pharmacological contexts in Polish writing.