odlicza

Odlicza is a Polish verb form derived from odliczać, meaning to count off, count down, or to deduct. It is the third-person singular form in the present tense of the imperfective verb odliczać. The related perfective form is odliczyć, whose present-tense sense expresses a future action (he will count off or he will deduct).

The verb odliczać has several related meanings. In a temporal sense, it denotes counting down time, such as a countdown before an event: “Zegarek odlicza czas do startu.” In a figurative sense it can mean enumerating or ticking off items on a list: “odlicza kolejno punkty.” In a financial or accounting sense it means deducting or offsetting an amount from tax, bill, or total: “Księgowy odlicza VAT od podatku do zapłaty.”

Grammatical notes: odliczać is imperfective, so its present tense forms describe ongoing or habitual actions (ja odliczam, ty odliczasz, on odlicza, my odliczamy, wy odliczacie, oni odliczają). The verb can appear in different aspects or tenses to express timing of the counting or deduction. Nouns related to the action include odliczanie (the act of counting down or counting off) and odliczenie (a deduction or offset).

In usage, odlicza appears in everyday language when describing someone actively counting down or deducting an amount, whereas odliczać and odliczyć cover the broader, more formal sense of counting off or subtracting in various contexts.