odnawiany

Odnawiany is a Polish adjective and present participle formed from the verb odnawiać (to renew, to refurbish). It describes something that is undergoing renewal, renovation, or refurbishment. The term is used in neutral, descriptive contexts to indicate an ongoing process rather than a completed state.

In usage, odnawiany often applies to physical objects such as buildings and interiors (budynek odnawiany, mieszkanie odnawiane), as well as to programs, plans, or institutions that are being renewed (projekt odnawiany, program odnawiany). It is a flexible descriptor for ongoing efforts to restore, modernize, or improve something. The form has gender and number variants: odnawiany (masculine singular), odnawiana (feminine singular), odnawiane (neuter singular or plural).

Distinguishing it from odnawialny, the common Polish term for renewable, is important. Odnawialny denotes a property or resource that can renew itself or be replenished over time (e.g., źródła odnawialne – renewable sources). Odnawiany, by contrast, emphasizes the process of renewal in progress, not the inherent renewability of the thing itself.

Grammatical notes: odnawiany is the present active participle form used as an adjective, aligned with the noun it describes in gender, number, and case. It is often interchangeable with phrases like “w trakcie odnawiania” in more explicit descriptions but functions more compactly as an attributive descriptor.

See also: odnawialny, odnawiać, remont (renovation), renowacja (restoration).