Mówicej

Mówicej is a term that appears in some Polish dialectological sources and historical grammars as a rarely attested comparative form related to the verb mówić (to speak). It is not part of standard, modern Polish and is mostly encountered in dialectal or literary contexts.

Etymology and form: The form mówicej resembles archaic or regional comparatives that attach a suffix such as -ej to a verb stem in certain dialects. Because attestations are sparse and regional, the exact historical development of mówicej is unclear and not uniform across sources.

Usage: When it occurs in texts, mówicej is understood to convey a greater degree of speaking, roughly corresponding to “more talkative” or “more eloquent.” However, as a nonstandard form, it is typically marked as archaic or dialectal in editors’ notes and is rarely used in contemporary writing.

Modern equivalents: In current Polish, the intended sense would usually be expressed with phrases like bardziej rozmowny or bardziej mówiący, depending on the context, or with elokwentniejszy when referring to eloquence rather than quantity of speech.

Notes: There is no widely adopted modern definition or formal entry for mówicej in standard dictionaries. It remains mainly of interest to linguists studying regional variation, historical syntax, or archaic stylistic devices.