poszkodowanych

Poszkodowanych is the genitive plural form of poszkodowany, a Polish adjective-noun meaning an injured person or victim. The term refers to someone who has suffered harm as a result of crime, accident, disaster, or other wrongdoing. In Polish, the full paradigm is poszkodowany (m., sg.), poszkodowana (f., sg.), poszkodowane (neut. sg. or feminine plural), poszkodowani (m. pl.), and poszkodowane (f. or neut. pl.). The form poszkodowanych is used when speaking about “the injured” or “the victims” in the genitive plural.

Usage and contexts:

Poszkodowanych is common in formal and legal language, journalism, and public administration to denote victims or harmed parties. It appears in phrases such as poszkodowani w wypadkach drogowych (victims of road accidents) or prawa poszkodowanych (rights of the injured). The term can refer to physical harm, material losses, or moral and psychological damage.

Relation to related terms:

A closely related notion is pokrzywdzony, which also means harmed or wronged, and is frequently used in criminal law to describe a crime victim. The noun form of the concept is ofiara, or more specifically pokrzywdzony as a participant in proceedings. Odszkodowanie, compensation, is a common topic in discussions about poszkodowanych, particularly in civil or administrative processes.

See also:

Victim in Polish legal contexts; criminal procedure terminology; civil liability and compensation procedures; pokrzywdzony vs poszkodowany distinctions.