ogromnego

Ogromnego is the genitive singular form of the Polish adjective ogromny, meaning "huge" or "enormous." In Polish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender, number and case; therefore, when the noun is in the genitive case, the adjective takes the form ogromnego.

As a result, ogromnego appears before masculine or neuter nouns in the genitive singular, for example ogromnego domu (of a huge house), ogromnego chłopca (of a huge boy), or ogromnego zadania (of a huge task). For feminine nouns, the genitive singular form is ogromnej, as in ogromnej kobiety (of a huge woman). Other inflected forms include nominative ogromny (masculine), ogromna (feminine), and ogromne (neuter).

Etymology traces the adjective to the noun ogrom, meaning "great size," with the usual Slavic suffix -ny to form an adjective. The root ogrom is cognate with similar Slavic words such as Russian огромный (ogromny) and other languages in the family, all signaling large scale or magnitude.

Usage notes: ogromny is widely used in both formal and informal Polish to describe size, extent, or intensity. It often appears in phrases denoting great quantities or significance, such as ogromny wpływ (enormous influence) or ogromne ilości (huge amounts). The adverb ogormnie (written as ogromnie) means "enormously" or "greatly."

See also: ogrom (noun), olbrzymi, kolosalny, gigantyczny.