nieywotnych

Nieżywotny is a Polish adjective meaning not living or inanimate, formed with the negation prefix nie- added to żywy (living). The term is used to describe objects or phenomena that do not possess life. In standard spelling, the form for plural genitive is nieżywotnych; in plain ASCII text you may see the variant nieywotnych. The adjective agrees with the noun in gender, number and case.

In grammar and usage, nieżywotny is commonly applied to non-living things such as objects, materials, or abstract phenomena. It is often found in scientific, technical, or descriptive writing where a clear distinction between living and non-living is needed. For example: cechy nieżywotnych przedmiotów (features of inanimate objects) or opis nieżywotnych zjawisk (description of non-living phenomena). The form nieżywotnych specifically appears in contexts requiring the genitive plural, such as after prepositions or in noun phrases with numerals.

Distinctions and nuance: nieżywotny is different from nieżywy. Nieżywy generally denotes that something is dead or no longer living, often about a living being that has ceased life. Nieżywotny tends to classify the general property of inanimateness rather than the life status of a previously living entity. In everyday language, nieżywy is more common when speaking about things that are dead or lifeless, while nieżywotny is favored in formal or technical descriptions.

See also: animacy, Polish grammar, adjectives, noun-adjective agreement.