osobiste

Osobiste is a Polish adjective meaning belonging to or relating to a person, and by extension private or personal in nature. In everyday language it is used to describe things that concern an individual rather than the public, such as życie osobiste (private life) or dane osobiste (personal data). The form can vary by gender and number, with masculine osobisty, feminine osobista, and neuter or plural forms depending on the noun.

The term is derived from osoba (person) with the suffix -iste, a productive way to form adjectives in Polish. It often appears in compound phrases that indicate personal scope, including sprawy osobiste (private matters) and naruszenie dóbr osobistych (violation of personal rights). In legal language, dobra osobiste or prawa osobiste refer to intangible rights connected with identity, privacy, honor, image, and similar aspects of the person; infringement may incur civil liability.

In data protection and public communication, two closely related collocations are used: dane osobowe (personal data) and, less formally, dane osobiste. The choice between them can reflect context: official legal or technical contexts tend to dane osobowe, while everyday speech might prefer dane osobiste.

Related topics include personal data, privacy, civil law, and the concept of dobra osobiste.