masowej

Masowej is a feminine singular form of the Polish adjective masowy, meaning mass, large-scale, or produced in large quantities. It functions as a declined form used to describe feminine nouns and appears in various grammatical cases (genitive, dative, or locative). The root mas- is derived from masa, meaning mass or bulk.

In use, masowej occurs when the adjective modifies a feminine noun in cases where the form must agree in gender, number, and case. For example, in the genitive singular phrase koszty masowej produkcji, masowej modifies produkcji (feminine, genitive), yielding “costs of mass production.” In the locative phrase o kulturze masowej, masowej again agrees with kultura (feminine) in the locative. In phrases with other feminine nouns, masowej follows the same agreement rules (e.g., kultura masowej rewolucji would be a hypothetical construct describing a “mass-revolutionary culture” in a genitive sequence).

Common contexts for masowej include economics, sociology, and media studies, where it helps distinguish mass-scale phenomena from more specialized or niche variants. It is closely related to the base adjective masowy, which appears with masculine nouns (e.g., rynek masowy – mass market), and to masowa/kultura masowa in the nominative feminine position (kultura masowa – mass culture) or in other cases where the noun is feminine.

Note that while masowej denotes feminine forms, masculine or neuter forms use masowy or masowe in related phrases, depending on the noun and grammatical case. The term is primarily a grammatical variant rather than a distinct concept, used to express “mass”-related attributes in Polish wording.