podawanym

Podawanym is the instrumental singular masculine form of the present passive participle podawany, which comes from the Polish verb podawać, meaning to provide, to serve, or to give. As a present passive participle, podawany is used adjectivally to describe something that is currently being served or provided to someone. Like other present passive participles in Polish, podawany declines like an adjective and agrees with the noun it describes; the form podawanym appears in contexts where the descriptive phrase requires instrumental singular agreement or when the sentence structure calls for that case.

Usage and function: Podawanym is most commonly found in phrases that express ongoing or habitual serving. A typical example is posiłkiem podawanym gościom, meaning “a meal served to guests.” Here posiłkiem is in the instrumental, and podawanym agrees with it, while gościom is in the dative, indicating to whom the meal is served. The form can also appear with other nouns in various cases, such as potrawą podawaną w czasie przyjęcia or zupa podawana gościom, depending on the syntactic construction.

Distinction from related forms: Podawany (without the -m) is the nominative masculine singular form used for the basic descriptive role, e.g., posiłek podawany. Podawanym specifically reflects the instrumental singular form within a larger phrase. The past participle podany denotes a completed action, such as “the meal that was served,” whereas podawany signals an ongoing or present serving.

Notes: The form is typical of written and descriptive language and emphasizes the ongoing nature of the action rather than a completed event.