wumrěś

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• humrėsch, humŕeś, humrěś (obsolete)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈumrʲɪɕ/

Verb

wumrěś pf (imperfective wuměraś)

1. to die

Conjugation

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

• Present: —
• Past active (“ł-form”): wumrěł
• Past passive: wumrěty

Infinitive

wumrěś

Supine

wumrět

Verbal noun

wumrěśe

References

• 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