žyś

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/

Verb

žyś impf (perfective wužyś)

  1. (intransitive) to heal (become better)

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

References
  • žyś in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
  • žyś in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
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