przybliony

Przybliony is a form that appears in Polish but is generally considered nonstandard. The standard adjective used for the sense of being “made close” or “approximately close” is przybliżony (masculine), przybliżona (feminine), or przybliżone (neuter). In everyday and formal Polish, przybliżony is the correct form to describe something that is approximate or not exact.

Usage and meaning

The adjective przybliżony derives from the verb przybliżyć, meaning to bring closer or to approximate. It is used to indicate that a value, measurement, or description is not exact but estimates or is rounded. Typical collocations include dane przybliżone (approximate data) and wartość przybliżona (an approximate value). The form przybliżony agrees with masculine nouns, while feminine and neuter forms are przybliżona and przybliżone, respectively.

Nonstandard form

The spelling przybliony is uncommon and generally treated as a misspelling or nonstandard variant of przybliżony. It may appear in nonstandard texts, typographical errors, or as a mistaken contraction in informal writing, but it is not recognized as a correct standard form in authoritative Polish dictionaries.

Etymology

Przybliżony comes from przybliżyć (to bring closer, to approximate) and shares its root with bliższy (closer) and blisko (near). The sense shifts from physical proximity to figurative approximation in measurements, descriptions, and estimates.

See also

Related terms include przybliżać (to approximate), bliższy (closer), and blisko (near). The standard usage emphasizes precision about whether something is exact or approximate rather than advocating a separate meaning for przybliony.