oznaczajcych

Oznaczających is a Polish present active participle form of the verb oznaczać, meaning to indicate or to denote. It functions as an adjective-like modifier and is used in relative clauses to describe nouns, agreeing in gender, number, and case with the noun it modifies. The base participle form is oznaczający (masculine singular). The form oznaczających is the genitive plural (and the accusative plural for masculine animate), used when the modified noun is plural or in certain syntactic constructions, for example in phrases like znaki oznaczających kierunek (signs indicating direction) or dane oznaczających status użytkowników (data indicating user status).

Usage and syntax: As a participle, oznaczających typically appears immediately before or after the noun it describes, much like a standard adjective. It allows compact expression of a relationship between objects and the information they convey. In technical and descriptive writing, it is common in phrases that enumerate signs, indicators, or signals that convey specific meanings or states.

Etymology and morphology: The form derives from the verb oznaczać with the adjectival suffix -ający, which yields present participles like oznaczający (masc. sg.), oznaczająca (fem. sg.), oznaczające (neut. sg.). The plural genitive/accusative form is oznaczających.

Common misspellings: The form oznaczajcych is a frequent incorrect variant. The correct spelling is oznaczających, preserving the cz digraph and the -ających ending.

See also: Polish grammar, participles, adjectives, relative clauses.