sownikow

Sownikow is the ASCII form associated with the Polish noun słowników, the genitive plural of słownik. In Polish, słownik means a dictionary or lexicon—a reference work that lists words and their meanings, translations, or pronunciations. The form słowników is used to express possession or relation, as in phrases like zawartość słowników (the contents of dictionaries) or projekt słowników (a project of dictionaries).

Declension and forms: The base noun is masculine. Singular nominative is słownik; plural nominative is słowniki; genitive plural is słowników. The distinction between nominative plural and genitive plural is important for proper grammatical construction in sentences referring to multiple dictionaries or to parts of dictionaries.

Usage in language and computing: In everyday Polish, słownik denotes a traditional or digital reference work. In computing and programming contexts, słownik is also used to describe a dictionary data structure, known in English as a map or associative array, which stores key-value pairs for efficient data retrieval.

Orthography and transliteration: Polish uses diacritics in this word, with the standard form słowników. When diacritics are not available, transliterations such as slownikow are commonly used, though they omit the diacritical marks and can be considered nonstandard in proper Polish orthography. The non-diacritic variant can appear in URLs, filenames, or legacy texts.

See also: dictionary, lexicon, data structure, map.