marginalnego

Marginalnego is the genitive singular form of the Polish adjective marginalny, meaning marginal or on the margin. It is not a standalone noun, but a declined form used to modify a noun in sentences where the noun is masculine or neuter in the genitive case, or in the accusative case for masculine animate nouns. In practice, marginalnego appears in many everyday contexts as part of longer phrases.

In grammar, marginalnego functions as an attributive modifier. Examples include marginalnego zysku (of marginal profit) and marginalnego kosztu (of marginal cost). The form also occurs in other constructions where the noun it modifies is in genitive or, in some cases, in the accusative singular for animate nouns. The counterpart forms include marginalna, marginalne, and marginalnego depending on gender, number, and case.

In usage outside grammar, marginalny is common in academic and technical language. In economics and statistics, phrases such as koszt marginalny, przychód marginalny, korzyść marginalna, and prawdopodobieństwo marginalne are standard, with marginalnego appearing in genitive constructions like wartość marginalnego zysku (the value of marginal profit). The term reflects the broader concept of marginal changes and incremental analysis, distinguished from central or average measures.

Etymology traces marginalny to Latin marginalis, via early modern European languages, arriving in Polish with its modern sense of edge, border, or incremental change. The form marginalnego thus serves as a typical case-inflected variant used within Polish sentence structure.

See also: marginal cost, marginal profit, marginal utility, marginal distribution, Polish adjectives and declension.