rězaś

See also: rezas and rezás

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• rėsasch, rezaś (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rězati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rḗˀźtei, from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian rězać, Czech řezat, Russian ре́зать (rézatʹ), and Old Church Slavonic рѣзати (rězati).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrʲɪzaɕ/

Verb

rězaś impf (perfective zrězaś)

1. to cut (perform an incision, divide with a sharp instrument)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rězaś (imperfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	rěžu; rěžom	rěžomej	rěžomy
2nd person	rěžoš	rěžotej	rěžośo
3rd person	rěžo	rěžotej	rěžu
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	rězach	rězachmej	rězachmy
2nd person	rězašo	rězaštej	rězašćo
3rd person	rězašo	rězaštej	rězachu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	rěž	rěžtej	rěžćo

Participles

• Present active: rěžucy; rězajucy
• Perfect active ("ł-form"): rězał
• Perfect passive: rězany

Infinitive

rězaś

Supine

rězat

Verbal noun

rězanje

Can also be inflected according to the a-conjugation:

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	rězam	rězamej	rězamy
2nd person	rězaš	rězatej	rězaśo
3rd person	rěza	rězatej	rězaju
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	rězach	rězachmej	rězachmy
2nd person	rězašo	rězaštej	rězašćo
3rd person	rězašo	rězaštej	rězachu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	rězaj	rězajtej	rězajśo

Participles

• Present: rězajucy
• Past active (“ł-form”): rězał
• Past passive: rězany

Infinitive

rězaś

Supine

rězat

Verbal noun

rězanje

Synonyms

• kšajaś impf (“to cut or slice (food like bread or cheese)”)

Derived terms

• narězaś (“cut into”)
• pódrězaś (“cut down”)
• pśerězaś (“cut through”)
• pśirězaś (“cut”)
• rězadło (“cutter, blade”)
• rězak (“cutter (machine)”)
• rězałko (“cutter, blade”)
• rězaŕ (“cutter (person)”)
• rězaty (“cutting”)
• rěznik (“butcher”)
• rozrězaś (“cut apart”)
• wobrězaś (“cut up”)
• wótrězaś (“cut down”)
• wurězaś (“cut out”)
• zarězaś (“cut into”)
• zrězaś (“cut into pieces”)

 

Related terms

• rěz m (“a cut; sawdust”)
• rěznuś pf (“cut”)

Further reading

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