niezmieniony

Niezmieniony is a Polish adjective meaning unchanged or not altered. It describes a state, object, data, or situation that has not undergone modification. The term is commonly used in everyday language as well as in technical, administrative, and scientific contexts.

Etymology and grammar: Niezmieniony is formed from the prefix nie- added to the past participle zmieniony (from zmienić “to change”). It functions like an ordinary adjective and agrees with the noun in gender and number, usable both attributively and predicatively, for example: stan niezmieniony, dane niezmienione, wersja niezmieniona.

Usage: The word appears in phrases such as stan niezmieniony od lat (the state unchanged for years), ceny niezmienione (prices unchanged), or plik niezmieniony (the unmodified file). It conveys that no modification has occurred up to the present moment, without specifying the duration or cause of the lack of change.

Distinctions: A related term, niezmienny, means invariant or constant, often used in mathematics, physics, or philosophy to describe properties that do not vary under certain conditions. Niezmieniony, by contrast, emphasizes the absence of recent or observed modification and is more common in descriptions of states, data, or documents.

Contexts: The adjective is versatile and appears in technical reports, data analyses, editorial notes, and everyday descriptions where it is important to indicate that something has not been changed.