miejsc

Miejsc is the genitive plural form of the Polish noun miejsce, which means place or location. In Polish, nouns decline for case and number, so miejsc appears when referring to multiple places in contexts that require the genitive.

In terms of full paradigm, the singular forms are miejsce (nominative/accusative), miejsca (genitive/plural vocative), and miejsce (dative), with other cases having their own endings. The plural genitive form miejsc is used after numerals and with some fixed expressions, while the plural nominative is miejsca and the plural locative is miejscach. This pattern shows that miejsc cannot stand alone as an independent base word in most contexts; it functions as a grammatical form dependent on case and number.

Etymologically, miejsce derives from the Old Polish term for location and traces back to Proto-Slavic roots related to “place” or “stead.” The genitive plural form miejsc has paralell forms across related Polish nouns that denote locations or positions.

Common usage examples include phrases indicating quantity or availability, such as brak miejsc (no places/spots available) or wolnych miejsc (free places). Other contexts use the related plural form in locutions like w miejscach (in places) when the locative plural is needed, which is a distinct ending, miejscach, from miejsc.

Because miejsc is a grammatical form rather than a standalone lexeme, most explanations concentrate on its role within sentence structure and its relationship to the base noun miejsce for accurate usage in Polish prose and reference works. See also: miejsce.