See also: Poras and porás

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From Proto-Slavic *porati; cognate with Hoyerswerda Upper Sorbian porać, Belarusian пораць (póracʹ), паспорыць (paspórycʹ), Bulgarian препирам (prepiram).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɨraɕ/, /ˈpɛraɕ/, (dated) /ˈpʊraɕ/

Verb edit

póraś impf (perfective spóraś)

  1. (transitive) to bring, take, put
    Wóni póraju zranjone do chórownje.They are bringing the injured to the hospital.
    Wóna póra rowno źiśi do póstole.She’s just putting the children to bed.
    něco do rěcha póraś; rěch do něcogo póraśto put something in order
    do wuskosćow póraśto embarrass (literally, bring to embarrassment)
    do zacwiblowanja póraśto bring to despair
  2. (transitive) to make, cause, incite
    na mjeńše póraśto make smaller
    někogo k něcomu póraśto incite someone to something
    do reje póraśto ask to dance
    do wěry někomu póraśto cause to believe in someone
  3. (reflexive) to come, go, move, get a move on
    Njewjedro se póra.A storm is brewing.
    Słyńco se póra.The sun is coming out.
    Wón se k nam póra.He’s coming here (literally, He’s coming to us).
    Wón se wót nas póra.He’s going away (literally, He’s going from us).
    Něnto póraju se swajźbarje z cerkwje.Now the wedding guests are coming out of the church.
    Chtož pómałem se póra, teke dojźo.He who goes slowly still arrives.
    Póraj se!Get out of here!
    Póraj se domoj!Off home with you!
    Póraj se mě z wócowu!Get out of my sight!
    Póraj se wen!Come out here!
    se póraś domove to

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Further reading edit

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