ósmej

ósmej is the feminine singular form of the Polish ordinal numeral ósmy, meaning the eight or eighth. It is used when the noun it modifies is feminine and the sentence requires the feminine form in genitive or locative cases. Polish ordinal numerals decline to agree with the gender and case of the noun, so the masculine nominative form is ósmy, the feminine nominative form is ósma, and the feminine genitive/locative form is ósmej.

In practice, ósmej appears before feminine nouns in genitive or locative constructions. For example, ósmej godziny corresponds to “of the eighth hour” (gaodzina is feminine, genitive singular). The phrase w ósmej klasie means “in the eighth class” (klasa is feminine, locative singular). Another example is ósmej edycji, meaning “of the eighth edition” (edycja is feminine, genitive singular).

Origin and relation to other forms: ósmej is derived from the base ordinal ósmy, which in turn originates from Proto-Slavic *osmъ. Like other Polish numerals, it changes form to agree with gender (feminine in these cases) and case (genitive or locative) of the noun it accompanies.

See also: Polish numerals, ordinal numbers, grammar of gender and case in Polish.