nocy

Nocy is a Polish grammatical form derived from the noun noc, which means night. It is not a separate word with its own lexical meaning; rather, nocy is the inflected form used in several grammatical cases of noc.

In standard Polish, noc is a feminine noun, and its singular forms include nominative noc, genitive nocy, dative nocy, accusative noc, instrumental nocą, and locative nocy. Therefore, nocy appears as the genitive singular, dative singular, and locative singular of noc. These forms recur in phrases such as bez nocy (without a night), and w nocy (in/at night).

Usage notes: The form nocy is common in written Polish, including literary and formal contexts, and it surfaces whenever the noun noc appears in the genitive, dative, or locative case. It is not used as an independent lexical item in everyday speech as a separate word; its function is strictly grammatical.

Etymology and related forms: Noc derives from the Proto-Slavic *nocь and has cognates in other Slavic languages, such as Russian noch’ and Czech noc. The inflected form nocy reflects regular feminine noun declension patterns in Polish.

Other uses: There are no widely recognized meanings of nocy as a standalone term outside its grammatical role. In rare or historical records, forms of noc may appear in various contexts, but such uses are tied to the noun noc rather than to a distinct concept named “nocy.”