Ile form bezokolicznikowych jest w paradygmacie czasownika? Problem trybu przypuszczającego bezokolicznika

The article aims at establishing whether, within the range of the formal criteria, sequences composed of the particle “by” subordinated to an infinitive form of the verb can be interpreted as analytical infinitive forms of the subjunctive mood. The conclusions based on formal tests demonstrate that it is feasible to reject the concept of the modification of the infinitive by the grammatical category of mood. The most coherent interpretation of the structures infinitive + by is one that describes them not as analytical forms of infinitive forms of the subjective mood but rather as constructions that combine the forms of two lexemes: the infinitive form of the verb and the form of mood operator.