popularniejsi

Popularniejsi is a Polish adjective form meaning "more popular." It is the plural masculine personal form of the comparative adjective popularniejszy, derived from the base adjective popularny, which means "popular." It is used to compare two or more entities in terms of popularity.

Morphology and usage: The base is popularny; the comparative form is popularniejszy, which, when inflected for number and gender, yields popularniejsi in the masculine plural, popularniejsze in the feminine plural and neuter/plural. Thus, you can say popularniejsi kandydaci (the more popular candidates) or popularniejsze artyści (the more popular artists, feminine plural). In predicative constructions you can also use it: Oni są popularniejsi niż rok temu (They are more popular than last year). The expression can function as a modifier for a noun or, in certain contexts, as a substantive phrase meaning “the more popular ones” (popularniejsi z nich).

Etymology: popularny comes from the Latin popularis meaning “of the people,” via the Polish path of forming adjectives. The comparative suffixes -niejszy/-niejsze attach to the stem to indicate a higher degree of the quality, producing popularniejszy and its plural forms.

Usage notes: Popularniejsi is common in journalism, marketing, and everyday language when ranking groups by popularity. It carries a comparative sense and is neutral in form, though the context may convey evaluative judgment about relative popularity. The superlative form is najpopularniejsi, meaning “the most popular.”