uciec

Uciec is a Polish verb meaning to escape or flee from danger, pursuit, or confinement. It denotes a completed action and is the perfective form; its imperfective counterpart is uciekać, which describes the ongoing or habitual act of escaping. The verb is intransitive and commonly appears with prepositions such as przed (from) or z (from) + the respective case (e.g., uciekł przed pościgiem, uciekła z kraju).

Grammatical notes: as a perfective verb, uciec typically has a future tense form rather than a present one (e.g., uciekę, uciekiesz, ucieknie) and a past tense with gender agreement (uciekłem, uciekła, uciekło). The imperfective counterpart uciekać expresses ongoing or repeated escaping and has present tense forms like uciekam, uciekasz, ucieka.

Usage and meaning: uciec is used in contexts of fleeing danger, escaping capture, or leaving a place to avoid harm. It appears in news reports, narratives, and everyday speech. The noun form is ucieczka, which denotes the act of escaping, for example in phrases like plan ucieczki (an escape plan) or po ucieczce (after escaping).

Related terms: ucieczka, ucieczkowy (adjective form, relating to escape), pościg (pursuit) as the contrasting act. The verb can also appear in passive or participial forms, such as uciekający (one who escapes).

See also: ucieczka, pościg, policja, zdrada (in broader literary contexts). While uciec conveys a decisive, completed flight, uciekać emphasizes the process or tendency to flee.