powiadczaj

Powiadczaj is a historical Polish verb form associated with the verb powiadamiać, meaning “to inform,” or powiadomić, meaning “to notify.” It is attested in a limited number of early modern Polish texts and grammars and is discussed by philologists as part of the older system of verbal inflection. In contemporary standard Polish, powiadczaj is not used; the common infinitives are powiadamiać and powiadomić, with ordinary imperative forms such as powiadamiaj and powiadom.

Origins and morphology are not entirely settled in the scholarly literature. Some researchers treat powiadczaj as a second-person singular present tense form or as an archaic imperative, while others regard it as a dialectal variant that eventually fell out of use. Its exact parsing can vary depending on the source, reflecting broader variability in Polish verb conjugation in earlier periods.

Etymology connects powiadczaj to the same root powiad- found in powiadomiać and powiadomić, which themselves derive from older expressions around informing or notifying. The broader family is also related to the noun wiadomość, meaning “news,” highlighting the semantic core of communication.

Usage today is limited to historical linguistics, philological study, and references to old texts. It is not part of modern Polish syntax or vocabulary outside of quotation of dialectal or archaic forms. When encountered in scholarship, powiadczaj serves as an example of how Polish verb morphology evolved and diversified in the early modern period.

See also: powiadamiać, powiadomić, powiadomienie, wiadomość. References are to historical Polish grammars and dictionaries that discuss archaic verb paradigms.