rozwijac

Rozwijac (rozwijać) is a Polish verb meaning to develop, to unfold, to expand, or to elaborate. It is used for both concrete processes (developing a project, a region, a technology) and abstract growth (developing skills, a plan, an argument). It can also denote growth over time, as in the phrase rozwijać się, meaning to progress or to mature. In aspect, the verb is imperfective when used as rozwijać; its perfective counterpart is rozwinąć (or rozwinac in ASCII representations), meaning “to develop” in a completed sense.

Grammatical overview: rozwijać is a regular imperfective verb with present tense forms ja rozwijam, ty rozwijasz, on/ona/ono rozwija, my rozwijamy, wy rozwijacie, oni/one rozwijają. The corresponding past and future forms follow standard Polish verbal conjugation for imperfective verbs. The reflexive form rozwijać się expresses ongoing development or growth: rozwijać się, rozwijam się, rozwijasz się, etc. The noun associated with the process is rozwój, meaning development or progression.

Usage and collocations: common constructions include rozwijać działalność (to develop an activity/enterprise), rozwijać umiejętności (to develop skills), rozwijać projekt (to develop a project), and rozwijać się (to develop oneself or a phenomenon). The term appears across domains such as business, science, education, and personal growth. In formal Polish, the perfective rozwinąć is used to indicate a completed development or a successful expansion.

Etymology: the word is formed with the prefix roz- attached to a root associated with winding or unfolding, conveying a sense of expansion from a coil or initial state to a broader form. This semantic shift underlies its broad use in development and growth contexts.

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