No. 12,661 in Polish

nieczynna

"Nieczynna" means "closed" or "out of service" in English.

In a sentence

Kawiarnia jest dzisiaj nieczynna.
The cafe is closed today.
Here, 'nieczynna' is used as an adjective to describe the state of the cafe ('kawiarnia'), indicating that it is not open.
Dlaczego ta wystawa jest nieczynna?
Why is this exhibition closed?
In this interrogative sentence, 'nieczynna' describes the exhibition ('wystawa') to question its unavailability or closure.
To urządzenie jest chwilowo nieczynne.
This device is temporarily out of service.
Here, 'nieczynne' is used neutrally to denote the device ('urządzenie') being out of operation for a short period.

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