tymczasowych

Tymczasowych is the genitive plural form of the Polish adjective tymczasowy, meaning temporary. It is used when describing a noun in the genitive plural, or in constructions where the adjective must take that form. In practice, tymczasowych commonly appears with nouns referring to people, contracts, or periods, for example: pracowników tymczasowych (temporary workers), umów tymczasowych (temporary contracts), okresów tymczasowych (temporary periods).

Grammatical note: Polish adjectives agree with their nouns in gender, number, and case. The genitive plural ending for adjectives of the -owy type, such as tymczasowy, is -owych, yielding tymczasowych. This form can also appear in combinations like numerals + tymczasowych dopełnienia, where the noun is in genitive plural.

Etymology: The root czas means time. Tymczasowy is formed with the suffix -owy to create an adjective meaning temporary or provisional, historically linked to the notion of something existing for the time being. The sense of temporariness and provisional status is preserved in its inflected forms, including tymczasowych.

Usage notes: Tymczasowych is not a stand-alone noun; it functions as an adjective in genitive plural. Its related forms include tymczasowy (masc. singular), tymczasowa (fem. singular), tymczasowe (neut. singular or plural), and the adverb tymczasowo. The noun tymczasowość denotes the concept of temporariness.

See also: tymczasowy, tymczasowo, tymczasowość.