Posiada

Posiada is the third-person singular present tense form of the Polish verb posiadać, meaning to possess or to own. It is used to indicate that someone or something has ownership or control over a person, object, property, or attribute. The verb is transitive and normally takes a direct object in the accusative case. For example: firma posiada licencję; on posiada dom; ona posiada bogate doświadczenie.

Morphology and usage notes: the infinitive is posiadać. Present tense forms include posiadam, posiadasz, posiada, posiadamy, posiadacie, posiadają. In everyday speech, synonyms such as mieć are common, but posiadać often conveys a sense of formal ownership, rights, or official status. The construction with possessive meaning can apply to tangible items, documents, qualifications, and intangible qualities.

Common collocations and meanings: possessing licenses, permits, certificates, or titles (posiada licencję, posiada tytuł). It can also describe skills or attributes (posiada wykształcenie, posiada doświadczenie). Negation forms include nie posiada, nie posiadają, used to indicate lack of possession.

Related terms: posiadanie (possession), posiadacz/posiadaczka (owner/possessor), posiadłość (estate or property), and prawo posiadania (right of possession). These derivatives appear in legal, administrative, or academic contexts and help distinguish ownership, control, and claims arising from possession.

See also: possession in Polish grammar, usage of mieć versus posiadać, and related legal vocabulary. Overall, posiada remains a standard, formal way to express ownership or possession in Polish.