žyś

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See also: Zys

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

żysch (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žiti (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žić, Polish żyć, Czech žít, Russian жить (žitʹ), Old Church Slavonic жити (žiti).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒɨɕ/

Verb

žyś impf (perfective wužyś)

(intransitive) to heal (become better)

Conjugation

Conjugation of žyś (imperfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	žyju žyjom	žyjomej	žyjomy
2nd person	žyjoš	žyjotej	žyjośo
3rd person	žyjo	žyjotej	žyju
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	žyjach	žyjachmej	žyjachmy
2nd person	žyjašo	žyjaštej	žyjašćo
3rd person	žyjašo	žyjaštej	žyjachu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	žyj	žyjtej	žyjśo

Participles

Present: žyjucy
Past active (“ł-form”): žył
Past passive: žyty

Infinitive: žyś
Supine: žyt
Verbal noun: žyśe

Synonyms

gójś impf (transitive)
wustrowiś pf (transitive)

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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