Odradcie

Od radcie is a Polish verb form meaning to dissuade or deter someone from a course of action. In standard Polish, the term is the second-person plural imperative of the verb odradzać (imperfective) or odradzić (perfective), used when addressing a group who are being instructed to discourage another person from doing something. The canonical spelling with diacritic is odradźcie, reflecting the underlying verb radzić; a non-diacritic variant occasionally appears in informal or typographic contexts as odradzcie.

Etymology and meaning: The word combines the prefix od- (away, apart) with radzić (to advise), giving the sense of advising away from a chosen action. As an imperative, it is a directive to a group to persuade someone else not to undertake a given action.

Usage: Odradźcie mu to, jeśli uważacie, że to zły pomysł. The form is used in contexts where a group is urged to discourage a person from a plan, decision, or action. It is common in directive, advisory, or cautionary speech and can appear in informal conversation as well as formal writing, though in most cases odradźcie (with diacritic) is preferred.

Related forms: The imperfective counterpart is odradzajcie, while the infinitives are odradzać (to dissuade) and odradzić (to dissuade, perfective). Related concepts include porady and ostrzeżenia (advice and warnings), though those terms refer to broader notions of guidance rather than a direct imperative form.

See also: odradzać, odradzić, radzić, formality and mood in Polish verbs.