zbudzi

Zbudzi is a Polish verb form representing the third-person singular future tense of the perfective verb zbudzić, meaning to wake someone up or to awaken. The prefix z- marks the completion of the action, contrasting with budzić, the imperfective counterpart meaning to wake up or to be waking.

In usage, zbudzi denotes a simple future action and is used with a direct object to indicate who will be awakened. For example: On zbudzi mnie jutro. The future tense forms of zbudzić are: 1st person singular zbudzę, 2nd person singular zbudzisz, 3rd person singular zbudzi; 1st person plural zbudzimy, 2nd person plural zbudzicie, 3rd person plural zbudzą. By contrast, the related imperfective verb budzić is used for ongoing or habitual waking actions (e.g., budzi mnie każdego ranka).

Etymology and relation to other verbs: Zbudzi is formed from the base budzić with the perfective prefix z-, creating a completed-action counterpart to budzić. It belongs to a common Slavic pattern in which prefixes modify aspect and nuance. Related Polish verbs include obudzić (to awaken, often with a nuance of arousing or waking someone else) and budzić (to wake up in an ongoing or repeated sense).

See also: budzić, obudzić, obudzić się. Zbudzi is primarily of interest in Polish grammar as an example of perfective future formation and as part of the broader system distinguishing perfective and imperfective aspects in the language.