Declension of Adjectival Surnames
The table below shows the full declension of adjectival surnames ending in -ki (-ski, -cki), on example of the surname "Kowalski".
| Number: | Singular | Plural | Mixed (masculine and feminine) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine "męskie" |
Feminine "żeńskie" |
Masculine | Feminine |
|
| Nominative ("Mianownik") | Kowalski | Kowalska | Kowalscy | Kowalskie | Kowalscy |
| Genitive ("Dopełniacz") | Kowalskiego | Kowalskiej | Kowalskich | ||
| Dative ("Celownik") | Kowalskiemu | Kowalskim | |||
| Accusative ("Biernik") | Kowalskiego | Kowalską | Kowalskich | Kowalskie | Kowalskich |
| Instrumental ("Narzędnik") | Kowalskim | Kowalskimi | |||
| Locative ("Miejscownik") | Kowalskiej | Kowalskich | |||
| Vocative ("Wołacz") | Kowalski | Kowalska | Kowalscy | Kowalskie | Kowalscy |
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