śěgnuś

See also: segnuś

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tęgnǫti; compare Upper Sorbian ćahnuć, Polish ciągnąć, Czech táhnout, and Russian тяну́ть (tjanútʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕɪɡnuɕ/

Verb

śěgnuś impf (perfective wuśěgnuś) (continuative)

1. to pull (apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Conjugation

Conjugation of śěgnuś (imperfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	śěgnu śěgnjom	śěgnjomej	śěgnjomy
2nd person	śěgnjoš	śěgnjotej	śěgnjośo
3rd person	śěgnjo	śěgnjotej	śěgnu
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	śěgnjech	śěgnjechmej	śěgnjechmy
2nd person	śěgnješo	śěgnještej	śěgnješćo
3rd person	śěgnješo	śěgnještej	śěgnjechu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	śěgni	śěgnitej	śěgniśo

Participles

• Present: śěgnucy
• Past active (“ł-form”): śěgnuł
• Past passive: śěgnjony

Infinitive

śěgnuś

Supine

śěgnut

Verbal noun

śěgnjenje

Related terms

• śěgaś (frequentative)

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “śěgnuś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag