zawiadomiaj

Zawiadomiaj is a verb form found in discussions of Polish morphology. It refers to the second-person singular imperative of the imperfective verb zawiadamiać, meaning to inform or notify. In modern standard Polish, this exact form is not part of everyday usage and is generally considered archaic or dialectal. Contemporary imperatives for this verb are typically rendered in other forms, and the imperfective vs. perfective distinction leads speakers to choose different constructions depending on aspect and nuance.

Historically or regionally, zawiadomiaj may appear in older texts, legal or religious manuscripts, and descriptive grammars as an example of how imperatives were formed for imperfective verbs. Because Polish has both imperfective and perfective pairs, the presence of an imperative like zawiadomiaj highlights how the language once handled command forms for ongoing or habitual actions (informing regularly) as opposed to a single, completed informing event.

In practice, learners of Polish are unlikely to encounter zawiadomiaj in standard contemporary usage. When expressing a command to inform, most speakers would use the modern imperatives derived from the corresponding aspect: zawiadom (inform, for a single completed act) or zawiadomić with its imperative forms for future or habitual nuances, depending on context. The form remains of interest mainly to students of historical grammar and those studying older Polish texts.

See also: zawiadamiać, zawiadomić, powiadomić, powiadamiać.