zapoyczona

Zapoyczona is a nonstandard form that appears in Polish-language texts as a mistaken variant of the word zapożyczona. It is not listed as a separate entry in major dictionaries and is generally treated as a misspelling rather than a legitimate inflected form. The standard feminine participle zapożyczona means borrowed, as in "książka zapożyczona od biblioteki."

Etymology and standard spelling: The verb zapożyć/ zapożyczyć means to borrow (from someone); its past participle feminine is zapożyczona. The form zapoyczona arises from a misspelling where diacritics are replaced (ó -> o) and letters such as ż/ź are altered, or from typographical or OCR errors, leading to an erroneous "zapoyczona."

Usage: Because it is nonstandard, zapoyczona should be avoided in formal writing. It may appear in informal messages, social media, or OCR-extracted texts. If seen, it is typically a typographical error rather than a semantically distinct term. In discussions of orthography, zapoyczona is cited as an example of common diacritic-related misspellings in Polish.

Related terms and notes: Related correct forms include zapożyczona (feminine), zapożyczony (masculine), and pożyczona (also borrowed, depending on context). The phenomenon illustrates how diacritics influence Polish spelling and how informal writing and technology can create nonstandard forms.