trěś

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tres"

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *terti, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”). Cognate with Latin terō (“to rub”), Ancient Greek τρίβω (tríbō, “to rub”), Lithuanian trinti (“to rub”), Latvian trīt (“to rub”), Armenian թրել (tʻrel, “to knead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲrʲɪɕ/

Verb

trěś impf (perfective wótrěś)

1. to wipe

Conjugation

Conjugation of trěś (imperfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	trěju trějom	trějomej	trějomy
2nd person	trějoš	trějotej	trějośo
3rd person	trějo	trějotej	trěju
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	trějach	trějachmej	trějachmy
2nd person	trějašo	trějaštej	trějašćo
3rd person	trějašo	trějaštej	trějachu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	trěj	trějtej	trějśo

Participles

• Present: trějucy
• Past active (“ł-form”): trěł
• Past passive: trěty

Infinitive

trěś

Supine

trět

Verbal noun

trěśe

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “trěś_1”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “trěś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag