wumrěś
Lower Sorbian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *umerti (compare Lower Sorbian wumrěć, Polish umrzeć, Czech umřít, Russian умереть (umeretʹ), Old Church Slavonic оумрѣти (umrěti)), from *merti, from Proto-Indo-European *mer-. By surface analysis, wu- + mrěś.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
wumrěś pf (imperfective wuměraś)
- to die
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of wumrěś (perfective)
| Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | wumrěju wumrějom |
wumrějomej | wumrějomy |
| 2nd person | wumrějoš | wumrějotej | wumrějośo |
| 3rd person | wumrějo | wumrějotej | wumrěju |
| Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | wumrěch | wumrěchmej | wumrěchmy |
| 2nd person | wumrě | wumrěštej | wumrěšćo |
| 3rd person | wumrě | wumrěštej | wumrěchu |
| Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 2nd person | wumrěj | wumrějtej | wumrějśo |
- Participles
References edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “mrěś/humŕeś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wumrěś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag