bósy

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See also: bosy and bosý

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bosъ (“barefoot”) (compare Upper Sorbian bosy, Polish bosy, Czech bosý, Russian босой (bosoj), Old Church Slavonic босъ (bosŭ)), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *basas (compare Lithuanian bãsas, Latvian bass), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós (“naked”) (compare Old Armenian բոկ (bok, “barefoot”), Ancient Greek ψιλός (psilós, “bare”), Old English bær (“bare”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɨsɨ/, /ˈbɛsɨ/, (dated) /ˈbʊsɨ/

Adjective

bósy

  1. barefoot

Declension

Declension of bósy
Masculine singular Feminine singular Neuter singular Dual Plural
Nominative bósy bósa bóse bósej bóse
Genitive bósego bóseje bósego bóseju bósych
Dative bósemu bósej bósemu bósyma bósym
Accusative bósy
bósego (animate) 		bósu bóse bósej
bóseju (animate) 		bóse
bósych (optional animate form)
Instrumental bósym bóseju bósym bósyma bósymi
Locative bósem bósej bósem bósyma bósych

Derived terms

Further reading

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