Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *vitati. Cognate with Upper Sorbian witać, Polish witać, and Czech vítat.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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witaś impf (perfective pówitaś)

  1. to greet, welcome
    Witam śi!
    Welcome!
    (literally, “I welcome you sg!”)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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