przypisywanie

Przypisywanie is a Polish term describing the act of attributing, assigning, or attaching properties, values, roles, or sources to something else. The word comes from the verb przypisywać and the noun form przypisywanie (or przypisanie, depending on nuance), and it is used across several disciplines to denote the process of linking one element to another.

In scholarly writing, przypisywanie often refers to attributing information or authority to sources. This includes citing literature and adding footnotes or endnotes (przypisy) to indicate where ideas, data, or quotations originate. Proper przypisywanie supports traceability and academic integrity by making sources identifiable to readers.

In mathematics and computer science, przypisywanie commonly means assigning a value or function to a variable or symbol. For example, assigning a value to a variable in a program or defining a mapping in a mathematical context. In programming languages, the concept is usually expressed through an assignment operation (assignment operator) that associates a value with a variable.

In everyday and organizational contexts, przypisywanie can describe allocating tasks, responsibilities, or roles. It covers processes such as przypisanie obowiązków within a team or przypisywanie uprawnień to users in a system. Across uses, the term emphasizes the transfer or designation of a property, responsibility, or information from one element to another.