powierzony

Powierzony is a Polish adjective and past participle derived from the verb powierzyć, meaning to entrust or commit to someone’s care. It describes something that has been entrusted to someone or assigned to someone’s responsibility. The term is used in formal, administrative, legal, and organizational contexts to indicate an act of delegation or entrusting.

Etymology and meaning: powierzyć expresses transferring authority, task, or responsibility to another party, and powierony shape marks the resulting state as belonging to or assigned to that party. In usage, it often collocates with nouns referring to duties, tasks, or roles, such as obligations, projects, or positions.

Usage and examples: The phrase powierzone obowiązki refers to duties that have been entrusted to someone. Powierzone zadanie denotes a task assigned to a person. Passive constructions are common, for example, Zostało powierzone mu prowadzenie projektu (They entrusted him with leading the project) or Zostały powierzone nowe zadania (New tasks were entrusted). In legal or organizational text, you may encounter powierzenie as a related noun meaning the act of entrusting, or powierzyć as the verb.

Grammatical notes: As an adjective, powierzony agrees with the noun in gender and number (masc., fem., neut., plural) and can appear in attributive and predicative positions. It is commonly used in bureaucratic, corporate, and formal writing, as well as in discussions of responsibility and governance.

See also: powierzyć, powierzenie, powierzenie obowiązków.