dešć

See also: desc. and dešč

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъždžь, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-dyu- (“bad sky”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛɕt͡ɕ/

Noun

dešć m inan (diminutive dešćik)

1. rain (condensed water falling from a cloud)

Declension

Declension of dešć

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dešć	dešća	dešće
Genitive	dešća	dešćowu	dešćow
Dative	dešćoju	dešćoma	dešćam
Accusative	dešć	dešća	dešće
Instrumental	dešćom	dešćoma	dešćami
Locative	dešću	dešćoma	dešćach

Derived terms

• pśedešćnik

Further reading

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

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъ̀ždžь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛʃt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɛʃt͡ʃ
• Hyphenation: dešć
• Syllabification: dešć

Noun

dešć m inan

1. (meteorology) rain (form of precipitation of liquid water in the form of drops, resulting from the condensation of water vapor in the atmosphere)

Declension

Declension of dešć (masculine soft stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	dešć	dešćej	dešće
genitive	dešća	dešćow	dešćow
dative	dešćej	dešćomaj	dešćam
accusative	dešć	dešćej	dešće
instrumental	dešćom	dešćomaj	dešćemi
locative	dešću	dešćomaj	dešćach
vocative	dešćo	dešćej	dešće

References

• “dešć” in Soblex