przyciska

Przyciska is a Polish word that can appear in two grammatical roles with different meanings. As a noun form, it is the genitive singular of the noun przycisk, which means a button or push-button—an element activated by pressing. In everyday usage, przycisk refers to a small control on devices, panels, or keyboards. The standard plural is przyciski, and common phrases include katalog przycisków (catalog of buttons) or rodzaj przycisków (type of buttons). The word przycisk is often preferred for physical fasteners in clothing, where guziki is more common.

As a verb form, przyciska is the third-person singular present tense of the verb przyciskać, meaning to press against, to press toward, or to apply pressure to something. This usage describes an action rather than a device, and it is part of constructions where something is being pushed or held against another object. The infinitive is przyciskać, with related past forms such as przycisnąć.

Etymology: przyciska derives from the prefix przy- (toward, near) combined with the root related to pressing, from the verb cisnąć meaning to push. The noun przycisk and the verb form przyciskać reflect common Polish word-formation patterns for devices and actions involving pressing.

In technology and user interfaces, the term przycisk is standard Polish for a control button or push-button. The genitive singular form przyciska appears in grammatical contexts and in phrases describing sets or groups of buttons. See also guzik and push-button in English-language texts for related concepts.