porównywana

Porównywana is a Polish linguistic form that serves as the feminine singular present passive participle of the verb porównywać (to compare). As a participle, it can function as an adjective and agrees with a feminine noun, indicating that the noun is being subjected to a comparison. For example: dane porównywane (data being compared) or metoda porównywana (the method being compared). In predicative use with być, e.g., Metoda jest porównywana z inną metodą (The method is being compared with another).

The form has non-feminine counterparts for other genders and numbers: porównywane (neuter/plural), porównywani (masculine personal), and corresponding declined forms such as porównywanej, depending on case. The construct typically conveys a present, ongoing, or general process of comparison rather than a completed action, which would be expressed by the past passive participle porównany (meaning “compared”). In Polish syntax, porównywana is used both attributively (before a noun) and predicatively (with być). It is common in academic prose, research reports, and linguistic descriptions where the process of comparison is central.

Etymology: formed from porównywać with the suffix -ana to create a present passive participle. See also associated terms such as porównanie (comparison), porównywalny (comparable), and porównawczy (comparative).