źaržaś
See also: zarzas
Lower Sorbian edit
Alternative forms edit
- żȧrżasch (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *dьržati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, support”); cognate with Upper Sorbian dźeržeć, Polish dzierżyć, Czech držet, Russian держа́ть (deržátʹ), Old Church Slavonic дрьжати (drĭžati).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
źaržaś impf (perfective zeźaržaś)
- to hold
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of źaržaś (imperfective)
Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | źaržym | źaržymej | źaržymy |
2nd person | źaržyš | źaržytej | źaržyśo |
3rd person | źaržy | źaržytej | źarže |
Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
1st person | źaržach | źaržachmej | źaržachmy |
2nd person | źaržašo | źaržaštej | źaržašćo |
3rd person | źaržašo | źaržaštej | źaržachu |
Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
2nd person | źarž | źaržtej | źaržćo |
- Participles
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “źaržaś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “źaržaś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag