niskich

Niskich is a form that appears in Polish and can function as part of a grammatical construction or as a component of a proper name. It is not a standalone noun in English, but a declined form used within Polish sentences.

As a grammatical form, niskich is the genitive plural form of the adjective niski, meaning low or short. It is used when the adjective modifies a masculine personal noun in the genitive plural, or in contexts requiring the genitive plural after certain verbs or prepositions. For example, in the phrase wysokość niskich budynków, “niskich budynków” means “of the low buildings.” When used with prepositions that require the locative plural, such as o, it can also appear as niskich, as in o niskich, meaning “about the low ones.”

In proper names, Niskich can appear as the genitive plural of the surname Niski. In Polish, surnames ending in -ski take a genitive plural ending -skich, and Niskich is used in phrases like dom Niskich, meaning “the house of the Niskis.” In such cases, capitalization distinguishes the surname-based usage from ordinary adjective usage.

Etymology and usage are tied to the root niski, which denotes something low, short, or small. The form niskich thus serves grammatical roles in descriptive phrases and in family-name phrases, without representing a separate independent term in most contexts.

See also: niski, Nowicki, Polish surname declensions.