lepszych

Lepszych is a Polish adjective form meaning better. It is the genitive plural form of the comparative lepszy, which is the comparative of the adjective dobry (good). In Polish, the genitive plural form lepszych is also used as the accusative plural for masculine personal nouns, so the same word appears in different syntactic roles depending on the sentence.

In use, lepszych describes a plural noun and denotes a higher quality relative to another group. It can appear in direct statements of comparison or in noun phrases that express the quality of a plural subject. For example, lepszych ludzi means better people, and spotkałem lepszych ludzi means I met better people. After a preposition that governs the genitive, such as od (than), lepszych can appear in comparative constructions like lepszych od nas nie ma, meaning there is no one better than us.

Etymology traces lepszy to a comparative stem lep- in the Proto-Slavic family, with cognates found in other Slavic languages (for example Czech lepší, Russian лучше). The word reflects the common Slavic pattern for forming comparatives of the adjective dobrý (good) in Polish, while undergoing its own phonological developments over time.

See also: lepszy, dobry, porównanie (comparison), Polish grammar of adjectives.