miejscowego

Miejscowy is a Polish adjective meaning local, pertaining to a particular place or locality. It describes people, objects, events, or actions associated with a region or settlement, as in miejscowy lekarz (local doctor), miejscowy plan zagospodarowania przestrzennego (local zoning plan), or język miejscowy (local language). The term is formed from miejsce (place) plus the suffix -owy, producing an adjective that agrees with the gender, number, and case of the noun it modifies.

In standard usage, forms vary by gender and number: masculine singular miejscowy, feminine singular miejscowa, neuter singular miejscowe; plural forms include miejscowi (masculine personal) and miejscowe (neuter or feminine). The genitive form of the masculine adjective is miejscowego, used when describing nouns in the genitive or after certain prepositions.

Miejscowy can also occur as a noun in colloquial speech, where miejscowi denotes locals or residents of a place. This noun is commonly used in phrases like „miejscowi powiedzieli” (the locals said). The term is widely used across Polish-speaking areas and in official language to distinguish “local” from foreign or broader regional contexts.

In translation and linguistic discussion, miejscowy is often rendered as “local” in English, and it is contrasted with terms such as centralny (central) or regionalny (regional) depending on the sense. The related noun form miejscowość refers to a locality or town.

Overall, miejscowy is a basic, versatile word in Polish for describing locality, origin, or relevance to a particular place.