nazywani

Nazywani is a Polish grammatical form derived from the verb nazywać (to name, to call). It is the masculine personal plural form of the present passive participle and is used to describe people or things that are named or referred to in a particular way.

The form agrees with the noun it modifies: masculine singular nazywany, feminine singular nazywana, neuter singular nazywane, masculine plural nazywani, feminine plural and neuter plural nazywane. This makes nazywani one of the participial endings used to express “being named/called” in relation to a plural, masculine-noun subject.

Usage of nazywani is as an adjectival participle. It appears in attributive positions before or after the noun it describes, and it can introduce phrases that indicate an appellation assigned by others. For example, in sentences such as “Mężczyźni, nazywani bohaterami, odebrali nagrody” (The men, called heroes, received the awards) or “Obrońcy miasta, nazywani bohaterami, zyskali uznanie” (The city defenders, called heroes, gained recognition), the participle conveys that the label was attributed by someone else.

Nazywani is common in journalistic and biographical prose, where authors summarize or report how groups or individuals are described by others. It is not a proper noun but a grammatical tool to express that a designation has been assigned.