tygodnia

Tygodnia is the genitive singular form of the Polish noun tydzień, which denotes a period of seven days, i.e., a week. In Polish, tydzień is a masculine noun that inflects for case and number; tygodnia is used in contexts that require the genitive case, such as after certain numerals or in possessive phrases.

Morphology and related forms include: tydzień (nominative singular), tygodnie (nominative plural, used with numbers like dwa tygodnie), tygodnia (genitive singular, used in phrases such as koniec tygodnia), and tygodni (genitive plural). The locative singular is tygodniu, and the dative is tygodniowi. These forms enable tygodnia to appear in a variety of constructions, from scheduling to expressions of time.

Usage and meaning: tygodnia appears most often in phrases where the week is governed by another word in the genitive, or when referring to a portion of time within the week. Common examples include koniec tygodnia (the end of the week) or pierwszego tygodnia miesiąca (the first week of the month). The standard daily and calendrical references use tygodniu (in the week) or za tydzień (in a week), but when the week is described in a genitive context, tygodnia is the appropriate form.

In practical terms, tygodnia is a grammatical form rather than a standalone lexical unit. It functions as the genitive singular of tydzień and appears in a range of time-related phrases in Polish, reflecting the language’s rich system of noun inflection.

See also: tydzień, Polish grammar, time expressions.