gibaś

See also: gibas

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gybati; cognate with Czech hýbat, Serbo-Croatian gíbati, and Old Church Slavonic гꙑбати (gybati, “to perish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡʲibaɕ]

Verb

gibaś impf (perfective gibnuś)

1. to move (transitive)
2. to bend (transitive)
3. (reflexive) to move (intransitive)
4. (reflexive) to bend (intransitive)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gibaś (imperfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	gibju; gibjom	gibjomej	gibjomy
2nd person	gibjoš	gibjotej	gibjośo
3rd person	gibjo	gibjotej	gibju
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	gibach	gibachmej	gibachmy
2nd person	gibašo	gibaštej	gibašćo
3rd person	gibašo	gibaštej	gibachu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	gib	gibtej	gibśo

Participles

• Present active: gibjucy; gibajucy
• Perfect active ("ł-form"): gibał
• Perfect passive: gibany

Infinitive

gibaś

Supine

gibat

Verbal noun

gibanje

Can also be inflected according to the a-conjugation:

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	gibam	gibamej	gibamy
2nd person	gibaš	gibatej	gibaśo
3rd person	giba	gibatej	gibaju
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	gibach	gibachmej	gibachmy
2nd person	gibašo	gibaštej	gibašćo
3rd person	gibašo	gibaštej	gibachu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	gibaj	gibajtej	gibajśo

Participles

• Present: gibajucy
• Past active (“ł-form”): gibał
• Past passive: gibany

Infinitive

gibaś

Supine

gibat

Verbal noun

gibanje

Further reading

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