wysokim

Wysokim is a form of the Polish adjective wysoki, meaning high or tall. It is not a standalone noun or proper name; rather, it is a grammatical inflection used to agree with a noun in case, number, and gender.

In Polish, adjectives decline by gender, number, and case. Wysokim occurs as the instrumental singular masculine form and as the locative singular form for masculine or neuter nouns. This means it appears in contexts such as describing something with a masculine noun in the instrumental case (for example after prepositions like z or z kim: z wysokim człowiekiem – with a tall man) and in locative phrases after prepositions such as o, w, or na with masculine or neuter nouns (for example o wysokim lesie – about a tall forest, w wysokim drzewie – in a tall tree).

Common usage examples include:

- Z wysokim człowiekiem rozmawiano (There was a conversation with a tall man).

- Rozmawiano o wysokim lesie (They talked about a tall forest).

Wysokim contrasts with feminine and neuter forms of the same adjective, which change according to the noun they modify. The root wysoki is cognate with similar forms across Slavic languages and derives from a core meaning of height or elevation. In everyday Polish, wysoki and its inflected forms, including wysokim, are widely used to describe physical height as well as figurative height or scale.