oczekiwanych

Oczekiwanych is a form of the Polish adjective oczekiwany, meaning “expected” or “anticipated.” It is used to describe nouns that are awaited or anticipated by speakers. The word appears frequently in formal writing, such as reports, analyses, and news texts, to indicate that a person, event, or result is not yet realized but is anticipated.

In Polish grammar, oczekiwanych is the plural form used in specific cases of the noun it modifies. Specifically, it is the genitive plural and accusative plural form of oczekiwany, and it also functions as the locative plural form. This means it appears when the modified noun is in dopełniacz (genitive), biernik (accusative), or miejscownik (locative) plural, for example in phrases like oczekiwanych wydarzeń.

Usage notes include that the base adjective changes across gender and number. The masculine singular form is oczekiwany, the feminine singular is oczekiwana, and the neuter singular is oczekiwane; the plural forms vary by grammatical case and by whether the noun is masculine personal or not. Regardless of these details, oczekiwanych specifically marks the plural cases referenced above.

Etymology trace: the adjective is derived from the verb oczekiwać (“to expect,” “to await”) and related noun forms such as oczekiwanie (“expectation”). The form oczekiwanych thus conveys the sense of things that are expected to occur or be realized.

See also: oczekiwany, oczekiwanie.