zrozumiaych

Zrozumiaych is a term sometimes encountered in discussions of Polish grammar, usually written as zrozumiejących in correct orthography. It represents the genitive plural form of the present active participle zrozumiejący, derived from the verb zrozumieć meaning “to understand.” In Polish, present active participles function similarly to adjectives and can introduce relative clauses that describe a noun.

Form and usage

The base participle zrozumiejący declines for gender, number, and case, and its genitive plural form is zrozumiejących. This form is used when a participial phrase modifies a noun in a context that requires the genitive plural, or when the participle phrase serves as part of a larger noun phrase within a sentence. In modern standard Polish, this construction is relatively rare in everyday prose and is more often found in formal, literary, or historical texts, where a compact form for “those who understand” might appear.

Relation to other expressions

More common ways to express the same idea in contemporary Polish are the relative clause constructions with którzy/które/które rozumieją or phrases like “ci, którzy rozumieją” meaning “those who understand.” The zrozumiejących form therefore tends to appear as a stylistic alternative, carrying a more formal or archaic nuance.

See also

Polish grammar; present active participles; relative clauses; syntax of adjectives and participles.

Note

The ASCII rendering zrozumiaych is sometimes used as a transliteration of zrozumiejących, which includes diacritics not shown in plain ASCII.