szczytów

Szczytów is the genitive plural form of the Polish noun szczyt, which means peak, summit or apex. The form is used to express relation or possession with multiple peaks and appears in phrases describing peaks in a general sense or within a larger noun phrase.

In practical usage, szczytów occurs in constructions such as szczytów górskich (mountain peaks), szczytów lodowców (peaks of glaciers), or szczytów regionu (peaks of a region). It is also encountered in toponyms and geographic descriptions where the word szczyt is part of a name or a description of landscape features. The word functions as the genitive plural, contrasting with the nominative plural szczyty.

Morphologically, szczytów is the plural genitive ending for this masculine noun. Other forms include szczyt (nominative singular), szczytu (genitive singular), szczytom (dative plural), and szczytach (locative plural). This pattern reflects standard Polish declension for masculine nouns with a hard stem.

Etymology traces szczytój to the core Polish noun szczyt, derived from the Slavic root associated with top or crown, with cognates appearing in other Slavic languages. The form szczytów consistently represents the genitive plural across modern Polish usage.

See also: szczyt, szczyty.