przetwórczych

Przetwórczych is a grammatical form of the Polish adjective przetwórczy, meaning related to processing or transformation. It is used primarily in phrases describing the processing industry and its products, and it appears frequently in economic, statistical, and linguistic contexts. The base noun associated with it is przetwórstwo, which denotes processing or manufacture.

In practice, przetwórczych is most commonly encountered as the genitive plural form of przetwórczy, used to modify another noun in the genitive case. Examples include phrases such as ceny firm przetwórczych (prices of processing firms) or poziom przetwórczych standardów (level of processing standards). The form also occurs in broader industry language when discussing components of the value chain that transform raw materials into finished goods. For example, the term is often paired with sektor (sector) to describe the processing sector, as in sektor przetwórczy.

Linguistically, przetwórczy is derived from the verb przetwarzać (to process, transform) and is related to the noun przetwórstwo (processing, processing industry). The adjective can take other declined forms to agree with different nouns and grammatical cases, such as przetwórcza (feminine singular) or przetwórcze (neuter plural or feminine plural in various roles).

See also: przetwórczy, przetwórstwo, sektor przetwórczy, przetwarzanie.