prototypowa

Prototypowa is the feminine form of the Polish adjective prototypowy, meaning related to a prototype or in a prototype form. It describes a feminine noun and indicates that the described item is a prototype or belongs to a prototype stage. The corresponding forms for masculine and neuter are prototypowy and prototypowe, used with masculine or neuter nouns, respectively.

In practice, prototypowa is used in technical, development, and research contexts. It commonly precedes feminine nouns such as wersja (version), koncepcja (conception), konstrukcja (design), or część (part). Examples include prototypowa wersja produktu or prototypowa koncepcja oprogramowania, as well as prototypowa konstrukcja.

Usage notes: In Polish, both prototypowa wersja and wersja prototypowa are acceptable, depending on stylistic preference or sentence structure. The term signals that an item is not the final, production-ready form, but an early model used for testing, demonstration, or evaluation.

Etymology: Prototypowa derives from prototypowy, which comes from prototyp (prototype) and is linked to the Greek roots protos “first” and typos “type.” The feminine form follows standard Polish adjective agreement patterns with the suffix -owa.

See also: prototyp, prototypowy, prototypowanie, wersja prototypowa, etap prototypowy, testy prototypowe.