zachorowaniom

Zachorowaniom is a grammatical form in Polish. It is the dative plural of the noun zachorowanie, which denotes illness, sickness, or the state of becoming ill. The base noun zachorowanie comes from the verb zachorować, meaning to fall ill, and the word is used in medical, epidemiological, and linguistic contexts to describe illness as a general concept or occurrence.

Declension and related forms: zachorowanie is a neuter noun. In singular, the form is zachorowanie (nominative), zachorowania (genitive), zachorowaniu (dative and locative singular are different in form), zachorowaniem (instrumental singular). In plural, the common forms are zachorowania (nominative), zachorowań (genitive), zachorowaniom (dative), zachorowaniami (instrumental), and zachorowaniach (locative). The specific form zachorowaniom is thus the dative plural form used when the noun is the indirect object or otherwise governed by a dative construction.

Usage context: zachorowaniom appears primarily in formal or descriptive texts, such as linguistic grammars, medical statistics, or epidemiological reports, where the writer needs to indicate illness as a plural, indirect object. In everyday language, speakers more often refer to illness using the base noun zachorowanie or use other constructions that do not require the dative plural.

Etymology: the term combines zachorowanie with the typical Polish plural dative ending -om, reflecting its grammatical function rather than a separate lexical meaning.

See also: zachorowanie, Polish grammar, Polish noun declension, epidemiology.