jěś
Lower Sorbian edit
Alternative forms edit
- jėsch (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *(j)ěxati; cognate with Upper Sorbian jěć, Polish jechać, Czech jet, Russian е́хать (jéxatʹ), and Old Church Slavonic ꙗхати (jaxati).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
jěś impf (perfective dojěś) (concrete)
- to go (in a vehicle)
Usage notes edit
Jěś is in the class of Lower Sorbian concrete verbs. Its counterpart jězdźiś is an abstract verb.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of jěś (imperfective)
Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | jědu, jěźom | jěźomej | jěźomy |
2nd person | jěźoš | jěźotej | jěźośo |
3rd person | jěźo | jěźotej | jědu |
Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
1st person | jěźech | jěźechmej | jěźechmy |
2nd person | jěźešo | jěźeštej | jěźešćo |
3rd person | jěźešo | jěźeštej | jěźechu |
Future | Singular | Dual | Plural |
1st person | pójědu, pójěźom | pójěźomej | pójěźomy |
2nd person | pójěźoš | pójěźotej | pójěźośo |
3rd person | pójěźo | pójěźotej | pójědu |
Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
2nd person | jěź | jěźtej | jěźćo |
- Participles
Synonyms edit
- hyś (generally on foot)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- jězd m (“travel, a ride”)
Further reading edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “jěś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “jěś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag