kšajaś

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *krajati, cognate with Upper Sorbian krać, Polish krajać, Czech krájet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʃajaɕ]

Verb

kšajaś impf (perfective zekšajaś)

1. to slice, cut (especially foods like bread and cheese)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kšajaś (imperfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	kšaju kšajom	kšajomej	kšajomy
2nd person	kšajoš	kšajotej	kšajośo
3rd person	kšajo	kšajotej	kšaju
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	kšajach	kšajachmej	kšajachmy
2nd person	kšajašo	kšajaštej	kšajašćo
3rd person	kšajašo	kšajaštej	kšajachu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	kšaj	kšajtej	kšajśo

Participles

• Present: kšajucy
• Past active (“ł-form”): kšajał
• Past passive: kšajany

Infinitive

kšajaś

Supine

kšajat

Verbal noun

kšajanje

Synonyms

• rězaś impf (“to cut (in general)”)

Further reading

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