plikami

Plikami is the instrumental plural form of the Polish noun znaj. Wait—correcting: the Polish noun plik, which means file. Plikami thus translates to “with files” or “by files,” and is a standard grammatical form rather than a standalone concept. The noun plik can refer to a digital file or a physical file in everyday language.

In Polish, plik is masculine and in plural nominative it becomes pliki. The instrumental plural form plikami is used after certain prepositions that govern the instrumental case, such as z (with) or podczas (during) in contexts that require instrumental meaning. It is also used with verbs that take the instrumental case, for example zarządzać plikami (to manage files) or pracować nad plikami (to work on files). The form signals means, accompaniment, or the object of a relation expressed by a verb or preposition.

Semantically, plikami does not denote a separate concept beyond the plural of plik in instrumental usage. Its appearance is tied to Polish grammar rather than to a distinct term or category. The broader term pliki covers the plural nominative form, while plikami specifically appears in contexts requiring the instrumental plural.

See also: plik, pliki, Polish grammatical cases, instrumental case.