okolicznociach

Okolicznociach is a nonstandard spelling of the Polish locative plural okolicznościach. It is not listed among accepted spellings in standard Polish dictionaries and is typically treated as an error or informal variant. The form corresponds to the meaning “in the circumstances” or “under the circumstances,” and may be encountered in casual writing and online texts where correct diacritics are omitted.

The normative form is okolicznościach, the locative plural of okoliczność (circumstance). The difference is the absence of the letter ś in the sequence okolicznościach, which is dropped in okolicznociach, producing a nonstandard spelling. This kind of misspelling often arises from keyboard input without diacritics or typographical mistakes.

In use, one should prefer okolicznościach in phrases such as “w okolicznościach prawnych” or “w okolicznościach awarii.” The meaning remains the same, but the spelling signals formal correctness. Some language guides note okolicznociach as an error and do not regard it as a legitimate variant.

Related terms are okoliczność and okoliczności, which represent the singular and plural nominative forms, while okolicznościach is the standard locative plural form used after prepositions like w.