podwójnych

Podwójnych is a form of the Polish adjective podwójny, meaning "double" or "twofold." It is specifically the genitive plural and the locative plural form used when the noun it modifies is plural and governed by those cases. Polish adjectives decline to reflect gender, number, and case, so podwójnych appears in contexts where the noun is plural and in genitive or locative position.

In practice, podwójnych occurs in phrases such as brak podwójnych standardów (there are no double standards) or o podwójnych standardach (about double standards). These examples show how the same spelling serves multiple cases: genitive plural in phrases expressing absence, and locative plural after prepositions like o or w when referring to plural nouns in those cases. It is important to note that podwójnych is not a standalone noun; it is an inflected adjective form that accompanies a plural noun.

Etymologically, podwójnych derives from podwójny, an adjective built on the root related to the number two (dwa) with the standard Polish adjectival affixes. Related forms include podwójny (nominative singular masculine), podwójna (feminine), and podwójne (neuter or plural), as well as the adverb podwójnie, meaning “double/doublely.” In usage, podwójnych is part of a broader semantic field describing duality, duplication, or twofoldness, and it coexists with synonyms such as dwukrotny in appropriate contexts.