skócyś

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• skocyś (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *skočiti. Cognate with Upper Sorbian skočić, Polish skoczyć, Czech skočit, Belarusian скочыць (skóčycʹ), Serbo-Croatian skòčiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɨt͡sɨɕ/, /ˈskɛt͡sɨɕ/, (dated) /ˈskʊt͡sɨɕ/

Verb

skócyś pf (imperfective skokaś) (semelfactive)

1. to jump (propel oneself rapidly upward; cause oneself to fall downward)

Conjugation

Conjugation of skócyś (perfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	skócyju skócyjom	skócyjomej	skócyjomy
2nd person	skócyjoš	skócyjotej	skócyjośo
3rd person	skócyjo	skócyjotej	skócyju
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	skócych	skócychmej	skócychmy
2nd person	skócy	skócyštej	skócyšćo
3rd person	skócy	skócyštej	skócychu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	skóc	skóctej	skócćo

Participles

• Present: —
• Past active (“ł-form”): skócył
• Past passive: skócony

Infinitive

skócyś

Supine

skócyt

Verbal noun

skócenje

Related terms

• skok

Further reading

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