Tekst jest rozmazany.

Jest is the 3rd person singular present form of być (to be).

So:

• tekst = text
• jest = is
• rozmazany = blurred / smudged

Polish usually uses być in the present tense in sentences like this, unlike Russian, where the present-tense to be is often omitted.

So Tekst jest rozmazany literally means The text is blurred.

Because rozmazany has to agree with tekst.

In Polish, adjectives match the noun in:

• gender
• number
• case

Here, tekst is:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative

So the adjective also takes the masculine singular nominative form:

• rozmazany = masculine singular
• rozmazana = feminine singular
• rozmazane = neuter singular or non-masculine-personal plural

Examples:

• Książka jest rozmazana = The book is blurred/smudged
• Zdjęcie jest rozmazane = The photo is blurred
• Tekst jest rozmazany = The text is blurred

In practice, learners can treat it like an adjective meaning blurred, smudged, or smeared.

Historically, it is related to the verb rozmazać / rozmazywać (to smear, to blur, to smudge), so it has a participial origin. But in everyday use, it behaves like a normal adjective:

• rozmazany tekst = blurred text
• tekst jest rozmazany = the text is blurred

So for most learning purposes, it is easiest to think of it as an adjective that agrees with the noun.

Usually, if you want a full neutral sentence in the present tense, jest is the normal form:

• Tekst jest rozmazany.

But in some contexts, especially in notes, captions, short comments, or more compressed speech, Polish may omit jest:

• Tekst rozmazany.

That sounds more like:

• a label
• a brief observation
• an informal shorthand

For standard full-sentence Polish, Tekst jest rozmazany is the safest choice.

Tekst is a general word for text: written words, content, passage, wording, text on a screen, etc.

Napis usually means:

• an inscription
• a caption
• a sign
• some visible written wording on an object or image

So:

• Tekst jest rozmazany = the text is blurred
• Napis jest rozmazany = the inscription/caption/sign is blurred

If you are talking about written content in general, tekst is a very natural choice.

A rough pronunciation guide for an English speaker is:

• Tekst ≈ tekst
• jest ≈ yest
• rozmazany ≈ roz-ma-ZA-nih

A few useful pronunciation notes:

• j in Polish sounds like English y in yes
• rz usually sounds like zh (like the s in measure) or merges with ż
• stress in Polish is usually on the second-to-last syllable, so:
  • ro-zma-ZA-ny

So the sentence is pronounced roughly:

TEKST yest roz-ma-ZA-nih

Yes, Polish word order is more flexible than English word order.

The neutral, most natural order is:

• Tekst jest rozmazany.

But other orders are possible for emphasis, for example:

• Rozmazany jest tekst.
• Jest rozmazany tekst. (less neutral, more marked)

Because Polish uses endings to show grammatical relationships, word order can shift more easily than in English. Still, for learners, the standard pattern is best:

• noun + jest + adjective

So stick with Tekst jest rozmazany unless you have a special reason to emphasize something.

You simply add nie before jest:

• Tekst nie jest rozmazany.

This means The text is not blurred.

In Polish, negation with być is formed with nie:

• jest = is
• nie jest = is not

You would usually use a verb instead of jest:

• Tekst się rozmazał. = The text got blurred / became smudged.

This expresses a change of state, not just the current condition.

Compare:

• Tekst jest rozmazany. = the text is blurred (describing the state now)
• Tekst się rozmazał. = the text became blurred / got smudged (describing what happened)

That distinction is very common in Polish.

It can mean both, depending on context.

Common uses include:

• ink or print that has been smudged
• an image or text that looks blurred
• something visually unclear because it has been smeared or is out of focus

So Tekst jest rozmazany could mean:

• the print has been smeared
• the text in an image/photo is blurry
• the writing is not clearly readable

If you want a more general word for unclear / illegible / fuzzy, Polish might also use words like:

• niewyraźny = unclear, indistinct
• nieczytelny = illegible

But rozmazany is very natural when the idea is specifically blurred/smudged.

Yes, depending on context.

English often distinguishes a bit between:

• blurred = something has become blurred
• blurry = unclear or out of focus

But Polish rozmazany can cover both kinds of meaning in everyday usage, especially for text in an image or on a screen.

So these may all fit:

• The text is blurred.
• The text is blurry.
• The text is smudged.

The best English choice depends on why the text is hard to read.