tekstu

Tekstu is the genitive singular form of the Polish noun tekst, meaning "text." It is not a standalone lexical item in standard Polish; rather, tekstu appears inside phrases to express possession or relation, such as autor tekstu (the author of the text), długość tekstu (the length of the text), fragment tekstu (a fragment of the text), and kolumna tekstu (the column of the text). The form is used after nouns like autor, długość, fragment, and kolumna to indicate that the noun refers to the text. In contexts requiring a reference to the text itself, the locative form w tekście (in the text) is used instead.

The word tekst comes from Latin textus, transmitted into Polish through other European languages. The genitive singular tekstu is the standard inflected form used in most constructions and is among the most common forms of tekst in everyday usage.

In contemporary usage, tekstu is primarily seen as a grammatical form rather than a word with its own independent meaning. As a proper noun, Tekstu may occasionally appear as a brand name, project, or surname, but such uses are unrelated to the Polish grammatical form discussed here.