Znaczcie

Znaczcie is a Polish verb form that appears as the second-person plural imperative of the verb znaczyć, meaning to mean or to signify. As an imperative, znaczcie is used to address a group and request that they indicate or designate something as having a particular meaning or significance. The form is built from the stem znac- with the standard plural imperative ending -cie, following regular Polish verb patterns.

In everyday language, znaczcie is relatively rare outside formal, educational, or linguistic contexts. More common ways to express similar commands involve verbs such as oznaczać or zaznaczać when instructing someone to mark or designate something. The imperative znaczcie must be distinguished from the present-tense form znaczycie, which means “you mean” or “you signify” and is used in statements rather than direct commands.

Etymology and related terms: znaczyć is connected to znaczenie (meaning, significance) and to related words such as znaczek (mark, symbol) and znaczący (significant). The semantic field centers on meaning, interpretation, and representation rather than physical marking.

See also: znaczenie, znaczyć, oznaczać, zaznaczać. Notes on usage are mainly scholarly or lexicographic; znaczcie may appear in dictionaries, grammars, or historical texts that discuss verb forms and mood in Polish.