otoczy

Otoczy is a Polish verb form, specifically the third-person singular future (or a future-oriented form) of the perfective verb otoczyć, meaning to surround, encircle, or enclose. As a transitive verb, otoczyć requires a direct object that is being surrounded, and it can be used in both physical and figurative senses.

In standard usage, otoczy denotes a completed action viewed from the future. It is commonly found in sentences stating that someone or something will encircle or surround another thing or person. For example: Miasto zostanie otoczone murami. (The city will be surrounded by walls.) Gospodarz otoczy go troską. (The host will surround him with care.) The form also appears in subordinate clauses where the future meaning is implied.

The verb belongs to a broader family formed with the prefix ot- and the root around the idea of surrounding. The common noun derived from this family is otoczenie, meaning surroundings, environment, or the people or things around someone or something. For example, “Otoczenie miasta” refers to the city’s surroundings, while “miło otoczenie” can describe a supportive or protective social circle.

Usage notes: otoczyć is often used for physical enclosures (city walls, barriers) and can also convey figurative enclosure (care, protection, support, or influence surrounding a person). The related noun otoczenie is widely used to discuss the environment or milieu of a subject in both neutral and descriptive contexts.