jěś

See also: jes, Jes, -jes, and jes'

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• jėsch (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)ěxati; cognate with Upper Sorbian jěć, Polish jechać, Czech jet, Russian е́хать (jéxatʹ), and Old Church Slavonic ꙗхати (jaxati).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɪɕ/

Verb

jěś impf (perfective dojěś) (concrete)

1. to go (in a vehicle)

Usage notes

Jěś is in the class of Lower Sorbian concrete verbs. Its counterpart jězdźiś is an abstract verb.

Conjugation

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

• Present: jěducy, jěźecy
• Past active (“ł-form”): jěł
• Past passive: jěźony

Infinitive

jěś

Supine

jět

Verbal noun

jěźenje

Synonyms

• hyś (generally on foot)

Derived terms

• jěś pó
• nadjěś
• pójěś
• pśejěś
• pśijěś
• rozjěś
• wobjěś
• wójěś
• wótjěś
• wujěś
• zajěś
• zjěś

Related terms

• jězd m (“travel, a ride”)

Further reading

• 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