Lower Sorbian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *vitati. Cognate with Upper Sorbian witać, Polish witać, and Czech vítat.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

witaś impf (perfective pówitaś)

  1. to greet, welcome
    Witam śi!
    Welcome!
    (literally, “I welcome you sg!”)

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

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