śěgaś

See also: segas, Segas, segás, and segās

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tęgati; compare Upper Sorbian ćahać, Polish ciągać, Czech tahat, and Russian тяга́ть (tjagátʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕɪɡaɕ/

Verb

śěgaś impf (perfective wuśěgaś) (frequentative)

1. to pull (apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)

Conjugation

Conjugation of śěgaś (imperfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	śěgam	śěgamej	śěgamy
2nd person	śěgaš	śěgatej	śěgaśo
3rd person	śěga	śěgatej	śěgaju
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	śěgach	śěgachmej	śěgachmy
2nd person	śěgašo	śěgaštej	śěgašćo
3rd person	śěgašo	śěgaštej	śěgachu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	śěgaj	śěgajtej	śěgajśo

Participles

• Present: śěgajucy
• Past active (“ł-form”): śěgał
• Past passive: śěgany

Infinitive

śěgaś

Supine

śěgat

Verbal noun

śěganje

Related terms

• śěgnuś (continuative)

Further reading

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