ratunkowego

Ratunkowego is the genitive singular form of the Polish adjective ratunkowy, which means "emergency" or "rescue." In Polish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify, and ratunkowego appears when the accompanying noun is in the genitive case, typically with masculine or neuter nouns. For example, the base form is plan ratunkowy, meaning "emergency plan," while when the noun is in genitive as in "planu ratunkowego," the adjective takes the genitive form ratunkowego to agree with plan in genitive.

Common uses involve phrases describing objects or concepts related to emergency or rescue. For instance, sprzętu ratunkowego means "rescue equipment" in a genitive construction (sprzęt in genitive is sprzętu, and ratunkowego agrees with it in genitive). Another example is planu ratunkowego, meaning "of the emergency plan" or "the emergency plan’s," where both plan and ratunkowy appear in genitive forms. In plural, the corresponding genitive form changes to ratunkowych, as in zasady ratunkowe becoming zasad ratunkowych in the genitive.

Etymology and context: ratunkowy derives from ratunek, meaning rescue or relief, with the typical adjectival suffix -owy. The form ratunkowego is thus a grammatical variant used in contexts where the target noun is in genitive. The term is widely encountered in safety, healthcare, law enforcement, and civil defense language, and is closely related to, though distinct from, the more common ratowniczy, which also conveys rescue-related meaning.