wspóczesnych

Współczesnych is the genitive plural form of the Polish adjective współczesny, meaning contemporary or modern. It is used to describe things, people, or phenomena that belong to or pertain to the present era. The base adjective współczesny declines as follows: masculine singular współczesny, feminine singular współczesna, neuter singular współczesne; plural masculine personal współcześni, plural non-personal współczesne, and genitive plural współczesnych. In plain usage the form wspó czesnych appears in contexts where the noun is in genitive plural (for example after a noun governing that case).

Etymology and nuance: współczesny is formed from prefix współ- meaning “together, at the same time” and from a root related to czas (time), conveying the sense of existing at the same time or in the same era. The term is commonly contrasted with nowoczesny, which emphasizes novelty and advancement, whereas współczesny emphasizes temporal proximity to the present.

Usage and examples: Współczesnych is most often encountered as a genitive plural form, for example in phrases such as problemy współczesnych społeczeństw (problems of contemporary societies) or technologia współczesnych czasów (technology of modern times). The adjective is widely used in literature, journalism, and academic writing to discuss culture, politics, science, and everyday life in the present era. In everyday language it can pair with feminine, masculine, or neuter nouns in their appropriate forms: kultura współczesna, technologie współczesne, świat współczesny.

Notes: The standard Polish spelling is współczesnych; in non-diacritic texts, diacritics may be omitted, yielding wspólczesnych or wspóczesnych variants in inconsistent contexts.