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Udział is a very common Polish noun meaning participation, taking part, or sometimes share depending on context.
In this sentence, udział w spotkaniu means participation in the meeting.
A learner may also come across uczestnictwo, which can also mean participation:
- Udział w spotkaniu jest obowiązkowy.
- Uczestnictwo w spotkaniu jest obowiązkowe.
Both are correct, but udział w... is extremely common and natural.
Because the preposition w here means in and requires the locative case when talking about being in or within something.
So:
- basic form: spotkanie = meeting
- after w: w spotkaniu = in the meeting
This is why you do not use spotkanie unchanged here.
A useful pattern is:
- w domu = in the house
- w pracy = at work
- w szkole = at school
- w spotkaniu = in the meeting