mówić

See also: mówic, mowič, and mōwić

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъ̀lviti. First attested in the 14th century.

Verb

mówić impf (frequentative mawiać)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to say, to speak (to vocalize using words) [+ ku (dative)], [+ do (genitive)] or [+dative = to whom]; [+ o (locative) = about what/whom]
    Synonyms: gatać, rzec
  2. to talk, to converse
  3. to call, to name [+genitive] or [+dative = whom], [+instrumental = by what name]
  4. (law) to appear in court with statements
  5. (law) to defend in court
  6. (law) to accuse
  7. to protest, to speak against [+ przeciw (dative) = against what]
  8. to decree; to rule
  9. to tell; to inform
  10. to explain

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns
verbs
adjectives
adverbs
  • niewymownie
  • rozmownie
nouns

Descendants

  • Polish: mówić

References

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish mówić. By surface analysis, mowa + -ić. First attested in the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.vit͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uvit͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: mó‧wić

Verb

mówić impf (perfective powiedzieć, frequentative mawiać)

  1. (transitive) to say, to tell (to vocalize using words) [+ do (genitive)] or [+dative = to whom], [+ o (locative) = about what]
    Synonyms: powiadać, prawić, rzec
    Antonym: milczeć
  2. (transitive) to call, to name (to speak using a particular name) [+ do (genitive)] or [+dative = whom], [+nominative = by what name]
    Synonym: (synonymous when referring to names) nazywać
    mówić do kogoś Janikto call someone Janik
  3. (transitive) to say, to tell (to indicate how someone should proceed or act) [+dative = whom]
  4. (transitive) to say, to tell (to be an indicator or sign of something else)

Verb

mówić impf

  1. (transitive) to talk, to converse (to speak with one or more people in a conversation)
    Synonyms: gadać, rozmawiać
  2. (intransitive) to speak (to be able to talk in a given lect or language) [+ w (locative)] or [+ po (old dative) = in what language]
    Czy mówi Pan(i) po angielsku?Do you speak English? (formal)
    Mówisz po angielsku?Do you speak English? (informal)
  3. (transitive) to call, to name (to speak using particular pronouns) [+ do (genitive)] or [+dative = whom], [+ per (nominative)], [+ na (nominative)] or [+nominative = by what name]
    mówić na tyto use T-forms with each other
  4. (transitive) to say; to go, to tell about (to contain or communicate specific information on a topic) [+dative = to whom], [+ o (locative) = about what]
    legenda mówithe legend goes
    autor mówian author says
  5. (intransitive) to say, to tell (to appear in someone's behavior) [+ przez (accusative) = through whom/what]
    Synonym: przemawiać
  6. (intransitive, Masuria) to complain
    Synonyms: narzekać, oskarżać

Conjugation

Derived terms

adjectives
adverbs
interjections
nouns
particles
phrases
proverbs
verbs
verbs
adjectives
  • namowny
  • obmowliwy
  • obmowny
  • odmowny
  • omowny
  • podmowny
  • pomowny
  • przeciwmowny
  • przedmowny
  • przemówieniowy
  • przymowny
  • rozmowny
  • rozmowowy
  • rozmówczy
  • rozmówkowy
  • rozmówniczy
  • umowny
  • umowowy
  • wymawialny
  • wymawianiowy
  • wymowny
  • zamówieniowy
  • zmowny
adverbs
nouns

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), mówić is one of the top 10,355 most used words in Polish, appearing 59 times in scientific texts, 29 times in news, 118 times in essays, 215 times in fiction, and 476 times in plays, totaling 897 times, making it the 45th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

References

  1. B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), mówić, mołwić”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  2. Ida Kurcz (1990), mówić”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 257

Further reading

  • mówić in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mówić in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • mowić, mowieć”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
  • Ewa Rodek (29.03.2023), MÓWIĆ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), mówić”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), mówić”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), mówić”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 1056
  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021), mówić”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 4, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 191
  • mówić in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), mówić”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
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