ai̯pau̯stăs

Polabian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *upuščaaše, third-person singular past of Proto-Slavic *upustiti, from Proto-Slavic *pustiti.

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Verb

ai̯pau̯stăs impf (third-person singular past)

(transitive) (he was) dropping
- 1691, Georg Friedrich Mithoff, Mithoff's letter to Schrader:
  büzăc kopkǫ̇ kåråi̯ ai̯pau̯stăs
  god shed a drop of blood

Conjugation

(third-person singular masculine past): ai̯pau̯stål
(first-person aorist): ai̯pau̯stai̯χ
(verbal noun): ai̯pau̯stenĕ

References

^{The template Template:R:pox:SejDp does not use the parameter(s): 3=1
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “ai̯pau̯stål”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 8
Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “aipaustål”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 33