groniś

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From grono (speech).

Pronunciation

Verb

groniś pf or impf

  1. to say, tell
    Co sy jej gronił? / Co sy k njej gronił?What did you say to her?
    To gronijom mójomu nanoju.I’m going to tell my father that.
    Žednogo słowka njejo gronił.He didn’t say a word.
  2. (reflexive with passive meaning or 3rd person plural used impersonally) to call (name or refer to) (with dative)
    Jomu se groni Juro.His name is Juro; he is called Juro (literally, “‘Juro says itself to him’ i.e. ‘Juro is said to him’”)
    Mójomu synomu gronje Měto.My son’s name is Měto; my son is called Měto (literally, “To my son they say Měto”)

Conjugation

Perfective
Imperfective

Derived terms

Further reading

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