strukturalny

Strukturalny is a Polish adjective meaning relating to structure or the structure of something. It is formed from the noun struktura (structure) with the standard adjectival suffix -alny, a common pattern for deriving adjectives from nouns. The term is widely used across disciplines to denote structural properties, elements, or analyses.

In engineering and architecture, strukturalny commonly refers to the structural aspects of a building or system, as in projekt strukturalny (structural design) or elementy strukturalne (structural elements). In linguistics and the humanities, it appears in phrases such as lingwistyka strukturalna (structural linguistics) and analiza strukturalna (structural analysis), signaling methods that study relationships and organization within a system rather than its history. In social sciences and philosophy, strukturalny is used in discussions of structural theories or properties, for example strukturalny charakter of a phenomenon or teoria strukturalna from structuralism.

Grammatically, strukturalny behaves as a standard Polish adjective and agrees with the noun in gender, number, and case. Examples include strukturalny (masc. sg.), strukturalna (fem. sg.), strukturalne (neut. sg. or pl.). In plural, strukturalni refers to masculine personal nouns, while strukturalne is used for other plural nouns. Common collocations include strukturalny charakter, strukturalny projekt, and strukturalne podejście.

See also structuralism, structural analysis, structural engineering, and structural linguistics.