zmian

Zmian is the genitive plural form of the Polish feminine noun zmiana, which means change, modification, or transformation. The noun zmiana denotes an act or result of altering something and is commonly used in everyday language as well as technical, legal, and administrative contexts. The base form zmiana is paired with a variety of inflections to express number, case, and grammatical gender.

In usage, zmian (genitive plural) occurs after quantifiers and prepositions that require the genitive case. For example, phrases such as bez zmian (without changes), nie ma zmian (there are no changes), and kilka zmian (a few changes) illustrate its typical function. By contrast, zmiany in the nominative plural means “changes” when the subject is plural, as in Wprowadzono zmiany w projekcie (Changes were introduced in the project).

The concept of zmiana is central across domains. In everyday speech it refers to any alteration or replacement, from minor adjustments to larger reforms. In technical and corporate contexts, zmiana often appears in discussions about updates, revisions, or version changes. The related verb zmieniać (to change) and its prefective form zmienić are used to describe the action leading to a zmiana.

See also: zmiana (disambiguation) for other uses and related terms such as zmienność (variability) and wymiana (exchange or replacement).