prawnych

Prawnych is a form of the Polish adjective prawny, meaning legal, lawful, or relating to law or rights. It is used to describe nouns in contexts such as law, governance, and rights protection. In Polish, adjectives agree with their nouns in gender, number, and case, so prawny has several inflected forms.

Prawnych is the plural form used in the genitive case and, for masculine personal nouns, in the accusative plural. Examples include aktów prawnych (of legal acts), umów prawnych (of legal contracts), and osób prawnych (legal entities). Prawne is the plural form used for feminine or neuter nouns in the nominative and accusative cases, as in sądy prawne (courts of law).

Common usage includes describing institutions, documents, or concepts that are established by or compliant with law. It contrasts with types of law that might be informal or customary, emphasizing official jurisdiction and formal validity. In translation, prawny typically corresponds to legal, lawful, or legitimate, depending on context.

Etymologically, prawny derives from prawo, meaning law or right. The term is widely used in legal, administrative, and academic Polish, as well as in everyday language when distinguishing between what is permitted by law and what is not. Its precise translation depends on the noun it modifies and the syntactic role of the phrase.

See also: law, legality, jurisprudence, Polish grammar, legal entities.