Przenikajcie

Przenikajcie is the Polish second-person plural present imperative form of the verb przenikać, meaning to permeate, penetrate, or infiltrate. As an imperative, it is used to address a group and to urge them to carry out an action.

The verb przenikać is imperfective, signaling an ongoing, repeated, or generic action rather than a single completed event. The form przenikajcie, specifically, conveys a directive to act continuously or as part of a process. The perfective counterpart is przeniknąć, with an imperative form such as przeniknijcie, which emphasizes a completed penetration or a single decisive action. Negative forms follow standard Polish grammar, for example nie przenikajcie.

Usage of przenikajcie tends to be metaphorical as well as literal. It can describe physical permeation, for example something penetrating through a barrier, and it can express the idea of ideas, influence, or information spreading through a system or culture. In rhetorical or inspirational contexts, it is often used to urge thoroughness or persistence in addressing a problem or task. For example, a speaker might say: Przenikajcie do każdej dziedziny życia, aby zrozumieć problem z różnych stron. This translates roughly to “Permeate every area of life to understand the problem from multiple angles.”

Related terms include przenikać (the base verb), przeniknięć (a noun form for penetration), and przenikliwość (perceptiveness). Przenikajcie is primarily encountered in Polish linguistic usage, formal speech, and figurative writing.