mówić

• mołwić

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъ̀lviti. By surface analysis, mowa +‎ -ić. First attested in the 14th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /mɔːvit͡ɕ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /movit͡ɕ/

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

• Masurian: mózicz
• Polish: mówić, mówieć
• Silesian: mōwić

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “mówić, mołwić”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

• mówieć (Middle Polish)

Inherited from Old Polish mówić. By surface analysis, mowa +‎ -ić.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.vit͡ɕ/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.vit͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -uvit͡ɕ
• Syllabification: mó‧wić

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 Janik ― to 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)
5. (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 mówi ― the legend goes

   autor mówi ― an author says

6. (transitive) to say, to tell (to communicate by non-verbal means)

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. (intransitive) to say, to tell (to appear in someone's behavior) [+ przez (accusative) = through whom/what]

   Synonym: przemawiać

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), mówić is one of the 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, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 897 times, making it the 45th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

• mówić in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mówić in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “mowić, mowieć”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• 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
• 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), →ISBN