pokrzywdzonych

Pokrzywdzonych is a Polish inflected form used to refer to people who have suffered harm or injustice. The base adjective-past participle pokrzywdzony means “harmed” or “wronged.” Pokrzywdzonych is the genitive plural of pokrzywdzony and is also used as the accusative plural for masculine personal nouns. In practice, the term appears in legal, administrative, and journalistic contexts to describe victims or those affected by a given event or action.

Grammatical notes help to place pokrzywdzonych in context. The singular forms are pokrzywdzony (masculine), pokrzywdzona (feminine), and pokrzywdzone (neuter). In plural, the masculine personal nominative is pokrzywdzeni, while the non-masculine or neuter plural can take pokrzywdzone. Genitive plural, which yields pokrzywdzonych, is commonly used after nouns such as grupa, liczba, or wśród, for example: grupa pokrzywdzonych, wśród pokrzywdzonych.

Usage and nuance help distinguish pokrzywdzonych from related terms. While ofiara is a general word for “victim,” pokrzywdzony emphasizes wrongdoing or harm suffered rather than the mere state of being a victim. The term is typically employed in formal or descriptive prose to identify individuals or groups affected by wrongdoing, policy failures, or harmful events.

See also: pokrzywdzony, ofiara, odszkodowanie, odpowiedzialność.