zapust

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From za- (“behind”) +‎ pusty (“empty, deserted”) (for the sense, compare Slovene pust (“Lent”)). Cognate with Polish zapusty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzapust/

Noun

zapust m inan

1. Shrovetide, Shrove Tuesday
2. carnival (festival held just before the beginning of Lent)

Declension

Declension of zapust

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	zapust	zapusta	zapusty
Genitive	zapusta	zapustowu	zapustow
Dative	zapustoju	zapustoma	zapustam
Accusative	zapust	zapusta	zapusty
Instrumental	zapustom	zapustoma	zapustami
Locative	zapusće	zapustoma	zapustach

Further reading

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