mandatami

Mandatami is the instrumental plural form of the Polish noun mandat, which translates roughly as “mandate” or “authorization.” The noun mandat originates from Latin mandatum, via French mandat, and has developed several related meanings in Polish. In common usage, mandat can denote an official instruction or order, a formal authorization, a representative mandate (especially a parliamentary seat), or a traffic ticket (mandat karny).

In political and administrative contexts, mandat most frequently refers to a seat in a legislative body won in an election, as in the phrases win a mandate or lose a mandate. The plural forms include mandaty (nominative), mandatów (genitive), mandatom (dative), mandaty (accusative), mandatami (instrumental), mandatach (locative). Mandatami is therefore used when the noun is in the instrumental case, for example to indicate the means or instrument in a sentence, or in fixed expressions requiring this case.

The term is widely used across political discourse, public administration, and legal language. In everyday speech, mandat is often paired with verbs such as zdobyć (to obtain), utracić (to lose), or wykonywać (to carry out) in reference to representation, duties, or permissions. A parallel but distinct sense remains mandat karny, the traffic or administrative ticket issued as a penalty.

See also: mandat, mandat poselski, mandaty karne.