porównujca

Porównujaca, correctly written as porównująca in Polish, is the feminine singular present active participle of the verb porównywać, meaning to compare. In Polish grammar it functions primarily as an adjective, agreeing with the noun it describes. It denotes someone who is in the act of comparing or who performs a comparison, and it can appear in attributive phrases such as kobieta porównująca dane (a woman who is comparing the data) or studentka porównująca wyniki (a female student comparing the results). The form can also introduce participial clauses, for example: opinia porównująca różne źródła (an opinion that compares different sources).

Orthography and variants: the standard spelling uses diacritics, with the feminine singular form porównująca. In contexts where diacritics are unavailable, a non-diacritic variant such as porownujaca or similar ASCII spellings may appear, though these are less correct in proper Polish orthography. The masculine and neuter counterparts are porównujący and porównujące, respectively, and plural forms align with those agreement patterns.

Etymology and related forms: porównująca is formed from the verb porównywać, with the common present active participle suffix -jący (masc), changing for gender to -jąca (fem) and -jące (neuter). This participle is part of a larger set of present participles used in Polish to describe ongoing or concurrent actions and can be contrasted with the noun-like gerund or with other participial constructions.

See also: Polish grammar, participles, adjectives, porównywać.