zbrojne

Zbrojne is an adjective in the Polish language meaning armed or weapons-related. It is used to describe things connected with arms, armor, or military power and is most common in compound nouns and phrases that refer to military or weaponry matters.

Etymology and related forms: the term stems from the root zbroj-, related to zbroja (armor) and broń (weapon). It is part of a family of words that signal military or weapon-related attributes, such as zbrojenie (armament) or zbrojeniowa (defense- or armament-related, as in branża zbrojeniowa, the defense industry). The base forms zbrojny, zbrojna, zbrojne decline to agree with the gender and number of the noun they describe.

Usage notes: in standard Polish, the noun often precedes the adjective in phrases like siły zbrojne (armed forces) or branża zbrojeniowa (defense industry). The adjective zbrojne can also appear in the predicative sense, for example in zbrojne działania or zbrojny konflikt, where it modifies the noun by indicating that the actions or conflict are armed. For persons or objects that have been equipped, the more common synonym is uzbrojony.

See also: zbrojenie, zbroja, broń, uzbrojenie, branża zbrojeniowa, siły zbrojne.