cesaś
Lower Sorbian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Slavic *česati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *késtei; cognate with Upper Sorbian česać, Polish czesać, Czech česat, Russian чеса́ть (česátʹ), Old Church Slavonic чесати (česati).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcesaś impf (perfective pócesaś)
- to comb (groom the hair with a toothed implement)
Conjugation
editConjugation of cesaś (imperfective)
Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | cešu; cešom |
cešomej | cešomy |
2nd person | cešoš | cešotej | cešośo |
3rd person | cešo | cešotej | cešu |
Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
1st person | cesach | cesachmej | cesachmy |
2nd person | cesašo | cesaštej | cesašćo |
3rd person | cesašo | cesaštej | cesachu |
Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
2nd person | ceš | ceštej | cešćo |
- Participles
Can also be inflected according to the a-conjugation:
Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | cesam | cesamej | cesamy |
2nd person | cesaš | cesatej | cesaśo |
3rd person | cesa | cesatej | cesaju |
Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
1st person | cesach | cesachmej | cesachmy |
2nd person | cesašo | cesaštej | cesašćo |
3rd person | cesašo | cesaštej | cesachu |
Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
2nd person | cesaj | cesajtej | cesajśo |
- Participles
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- cesak m (“comb”)
Further reading
edit- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “cesaś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “cesaś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Categories:
- Lower Sorbian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Lower Sorbian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Lower Sorbian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Lower Sorbian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lower Sorbian lemmas
- Lower Sorbian verbs
- Lower Sorbian imperfective verbs