udomowionych

udomowionych is the plural genitive or accusative form of the Polish adjective udomowiony, meaning domesticated or tamed. It is used to describe domesticated entities when the noun it modifies is in genitive plural or accusative plural, for example after negations or certain quantifiers: nie ma udomowionych zwierząt; gatunki zwierząt udomowionych.

Origin and meaning: The verb udomowić means to domesticate; the adjective udomowiony derives from it. The form udomowionych is the inflected plural used in contexts where the associated noun is in genitive plural, or in some syntactic constructions in the accusative plural.

Usage in science and culture: In zoology, anthropology, and ethnography, udomowionych appears in Polish texts to refer collectively to domesticated animals or to the domesticated forms of species. The term is primarily grammatical, marking agreement with the noun it accompanies, but it also signals a category—organisms that have been domesticated through close interaction with humans and selective breeding.

Examples: Gatunki zwierząt udomowionych include dogs, cattle, sheep, pigs, and chickens. There were debates about the origins and pathways of udomowianie in different regions, including how certain species became integrated into agricultural systems. In everyday language, one might say, for example, “nie ma udomowionych zwierząt” to indicate the absence of domesticated animals in a given context.

See also: domestication, domesticated animals, Polish grammar, adjective inflection.