porównawczego

Porównawczego is the genitive singular masculine and neuter form of the Polish adjective porównawczy, which means “relating to comparison” or “of the comparative degree.” It is a grammatical form rather than a standalone lexical item and is used when the noun it modifies is in the genitive case.

In Polish, porównawczy is formed from the noun porównanie (comparison) with the suffix -awczy, indicating relation to or pertaining to. The form porównawczego thus marks possession or relation within a noun phrase that is in the genitive singular. The corresponding forms for other genders and cases follow standard adjective declension (e.g., porównawcza in feminine nominative, porównawcze in neuter nominative).

Common usage occurs in linguistic and grammatical contexts. Examples include phrases such as konstrukcja porównawczego stopnia (the construction of the comparative degree) or forma porównawczego przymiotnika (the form of the comparative adjective). In these cases, porównawczego accompanies a masculine or neuter noun in the genitive singular.

Etymologically, porównawczego derives from porównanie (comparison) with the adjectival suffix -awczy, linking it to concepts of comparison and gradation. It is typically encountered in technical or academic writing about grammar and language, rather than in everyday speech.

See also: porównawczy, stopień porównawczy, porównanie.