zapisywan

Zapisywan is a term that appears in discussions of Polish morphology and orthography as a nonstandard or archaic form related to the verb zapisywać, meaning to write down or to record. In contemporary standard Polish, the forms used are zapisywany (masculine present participle) or zapisywana (feminine), while zapisywan is not recognized as a current standard form.

Etymology and linguistic status point to its origin from the same root as zapisywać, with a partially extended or truncated participial ending. Because zapisywan does not align with the established paradigms of modern Polish participles, it is typically treated as an historical relic, a dialectal variant, or a point of reference in studies of old texts and orthographic practices. In linguistic descriptions, it is often cited to illustrate how participial forms have evolved or to discuss nonstandard spellings found in earlier manuscripts.

Usage and occurrence are limited in standard reference works. The form is not employed in formal contemporary writing and is rarely encountered outside historical philology, dialectology, or discussions of Polish orthographic history. When it appears in linguistic commentary, it is usually described as obsolete, dialectal, or illustrative rather than as a productive form in modern Polish.

See also: Zapisywać, Polish grammar, Participles in Polish, Old Polish orthography, Polish dialects.