Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *bytьje; cognate with Upper Sorbian byće, Polish bycie, Czech bytí. By surface analysis, byś +‎ -śe.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɨɕɛ/, [ˈbɨɕə]

Noun

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byśe

  1. verbal noun of byś

Declension

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Further reading

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