Rozsuwa

Rozsuwa is the third-person singular present tense form of the Polish verb rozsuwać, which means to move something apart or to slide it open, thereby widening an opening. The base verb rozsuwać is imperfective, indicating ongoing or repeated action; its perfective counterpart is rozsunąć, used to describe a completed opening action.

In usage, rozsuwa is typically applied to objects capable of sliding or being shifted along a track or guide, such as doors, shutters, screens, or panels. It can also appear in metaphorical contexts to describe the creation of space or removal of a barrier between people or ideas.

Grammatically, rozsuwa functions as a finite verb form that agrees with a third-person singular subject in the present tense. The action it denotes can be described as ongoing or habitual when used in the imperfective aspect; in contexts referring to a completed action, speakers would usually employ the perfective rozsunąć and its past forms.

Etymologically, the form is built with the prefix roz- attached to the root suwać/suwać, a common combination in Polish for verbs that express widening, separating, or moving something aside. This pattern is shared with related Slavic verbs that convey similar sense of motion or separation.

See also: rozsuwać, rozsunąć, Polish verbs of prefixal motion.

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