módliś

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • modliś (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *modliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian modlić, Polish modlić, Czech modlit, Russian моли́ть (molítʹ), Old Church Slavonic молити (moliti).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɨdliɕ/, [ˈmɨdlʲiɕ]; /ˈmɛdliɕ/, [ˈmɛdlʲiɕ]; (dated) /ˈmʊdliɕ/, [ˈmʊdlʲiɕ]

Verb

módliś impf (perfective pśemódliś)

  1. (literary, reflexive) to pray

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • bjatowaś

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “módliś se”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “módliś se”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
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