poszabym

Poszabym is not a standard or recognized verb form in the Polish language. It does not appear in normative dictionaries and is generally considered nonstandard. When it occurs, it is usually in informal writing, online posts, or as a playful nonce word rather than as an accepted conjugation.

Most often poszabym is interpreted as a misspelling or a deliberate linguistic nonce that attempts to form a conditional from an irregular verb. Polish has established forms for the first-person conditional of iść (to go), namely poszedłbym (masculine) or poszłabym (feminine). The form poszabym does not align with standard verb morphology and cannot be reliably assigned a gender, tense, or aspect in normative Polish.

Possible origins of poszabym include mis-typing or mishearing of poszedłbym or poszłabym, confusion caused by phonetic similarity of consonant clusters, or creative wordplay in text. Because it is not part of standard usage, its meaning, if any, is ambiguous and context-dependent.

In written or formal contexts, poszabym should be avoided. If the intended meaning is “I would go,” the correct forms are poszedłbym (masculine) or poszłabym (feminine). For nonstandard or humorous contexts, creators may retain poszabym, but readers should treat it as nonstandard and potentially confusing.

See also: Polish language, conditional mood, Polish verb conjugation, nonstandard language.