okresie

Okresie is the locative singular form of the Polish noun okres, which means period or term, and can also refer to a geological period in geology. The noun okres has several senses: a duration of time, a calendar or historical period, and, in geology, a division of Earth’s history. The form okresie is used after locative-preposition phrases to specify the time frame in which something occurs, most often after the preposition w (in): for example, w okresie pandemii (in the period of the pandemic), w okresie zimowym (in the winter period), or w okresie międzywojennym (in the interwar period).

Declension of okres (singular): Nominative okres; Genitive okresu; Dative okresowi; Accusative okres; Instrumental okresem; Locative okresie; Vocative okresie.

In geology, okres denotes a geological period, a subdivision of geological time. Common examples include okres kredowy, the Cretaceous period, and other named periods used to describe intervals in Earth’s history. The word is used similarly to its general sense of a time span, but with specific applications within scientific classifications.

Usage notes: okresie is a grammatical form, not a separate lexical item with a distinct meaning. It appears in phrases that express time frames or durations and is often accompanied by adjectives or other time-denoting words, e.g., okresie historycznym, okresie letnim, okresie od 1990 do 2000.

See also: okres, epoka, era.