módliś

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• modliś (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *modliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian modlić, Polish modlić, Czech modlit, Russian моли́ть (molítʹ), Old Church Slavonic молити (moliti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɨdliɕ/, [ˈmɨdlʲiɕ]; /ˈmɛdliɕ/, [ˈmɛdlʲiɕ]; (dated) /ˈmʊdliɕ/, [ˈmʊdlʲiɕ]

Verb

módliś impf (perfective pśemódliś)

1. (literary, reflexive) to pray

Conjugation

Conjugation of módliś (imperfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	módlim	módlimej	módlimy
2nd person	módliš	módlitej	módliśo
3rd person	módli	módlitej	módle
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	módlach	módlachmej	módlachmy
2nd person	módlašo	módlaštej	módlašćo
3rd person	módlašo	módlaštej	módlachu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	módl	módltej	módlśo

Participles

• Present: módlecy
• Past active (“ł-form”): módlił
• Past passive: módlony

Infinitive

módliś

Supine

módlit

Verbal noun

módlenje

Synonyms

• bjatowaś

Further reading

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