sprzedawany

Sprzedawany is a Polish adjective and present passive participle derived from the verbs sprzedawać (imperfective) and sprzedać (perfective). It denotes that the noun it modifies is being offered for sale or is the subject of a sale.

In usage, sprzedawany describes items or services that are available to buyers. It is used both attributively, as in sprzedawany towar or sprzedawane książki, and predicatively, as in Towar jest sprzedawany. The term contrasts with sprzedany, which means sold or already sold. In commercial language and advertisements, sprzedawany is common to indicate ongoing availability, for example “sprzedawany online” or “sprzedawany w sklepie”.

Grammatically, sprzedawany agrees with the noun in gender, number, and case. Typical forms include sprzedawany (masculine singular), sprzedawana (feminine singular), sprzedawane (neuter singular or plural for non-masculine personal nouns), sprzedawani (masculine personal plural), and sprzedawane (feminine and neuter plural, as well as mixed groups). These forms allow the word to modify nouns across different grammatical contexts.

Etymology: the term comes from the verb sprzedawać, with the aspectual pair sprzedawać/sprzedać, indicating sale and transfer of ownership. Related forms include sprzedany (sold) and related nouns such as sprzedaż (sale).

In summary, sprzedawany is used to describe objects or services that are currently offered for sale, highlighting the ongoing nature of their availability rather than their completion of a sale.