Dowodzi

Dowodzi is the Polish verb dowodzić in the third-person singular present tense. It encompasses two principal meanings. The first is to command or lead: to be in charge of a person or unit, to direct actions or operations. The second is to prove or demonstrate: to establish a claim by argument or evidence. The two senses share a common root in Polish, and each appears in different registers of the language. Related nouns include dowód (proof, evidence), dowódca (commander), and dowodzenie (command, administration).

In usage, dowodzi is common in military or organizational contexts: "Dowodzi brygadą" means "He commands the brigade." In scholarly or argumentative writing, it appears in phrases such as "dowodzi, że ..." meaning "proves that" or "shows that," as in "Badacz dowodzi, że teza jest prawdziwa." While the sense of proving a claim is often expressed by udowodnić in everyday language, dowodzi can still introduce or summarize reasoning that supports a conclusion in formal writing.

Conjugation and forms follow standard patterns for Polish -ić verbs. The noun forms include dowód (masc.), dowódca (masc.), and dowodzenie (neut.). The word set also yields related verbs such as udowodnić (to prove) and dowodzić (to lead or to prove) in various contexts.

See also: dowód, dowódca, dowodzenie, udowodnić.