žyś
See also: Zys
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
- żysch (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *žiti (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žić, Polish żyć, Czech žít, Russian жить (žitʹ), Old Church Slavonic жити (žiti).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɨɕ/
Conjugation
Conjugation of žyś (imperfective)
| Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | žyju žyjom |
žyjomej | žyjomy |
| 2nd person | žyjoš | žyjotej | žyjośo |
| 3rd person | žyjo | žyjotej | žyju |
| Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | žyjach | žyjachmej | žyjachmy |
| 2nd person | žyjašo | žyjaštej | žyjašćo |
| 3rd person | žyjašo | žyjaštej | žyjachu |
| Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 2nd person | žyj | žyjtej | žyjśo |
- Participles
- Present: žyjucy
- Past active (“ł-form”): žył
- Past passive: žyty
- Infinitive
- žyś
- Supine
- žyt
- Verbal noun
- žyśe
Synonyms
- gójś impf (transitive)
- wustrowiś pf (transitive)
Derived terms
- wobžyś pf
- wótežyś pf
- zažyś pf
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “žyś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “žyś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
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