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skalne

Skalne is a Polish adjective meaning "rocky" or "stone-made." It derives from skała, the word for rock, with the adjectival suffix -ny. The base form skalny corresponds to masculine nouns; skalna to feminine; skalne to neuter. The plural forms include skalni (masculine personal) and skalne (non-masculine, including neuter and feminine contexts). The form skalne is commonly used with neuter singular nouns or in certain descriptive phrases, and it also appears in various fixed expressions describing rocky features.

In usage, skalny and its inflected forms describe geological and geographical features as well as man-made

Semantically, skalny is closely related to skalisty, another adjective that often emphasizes a rugged, craggy character.

See also: Polish geology terminology; toponymy; adjectives in Polish.

elements
with
rock
components.
Examples
include
skalny
teren
(rocky
terrain),
skalna
ściana
(rock
face),
skalne
podłoże
(rocky
substrate)
or
skalny
szczyt
(rocky
summit).
The
adjective
is
productive
in
compound
terms
and
is
frequent
in
scientific,
travel,
and
descriptive
writing.
In
toponymy,
skalne
may
appear
in
names
or
labels
referring
to
rock
features.
Etymologically,
skalny
comes
from
skała
and
the
suffix
-ny;
cognates
exist
in
neighboring
Slavic
languages,
such
as
Czech
skalní.