žyś

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)

1. (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

• wobžyś pf
• wótežyś pf
• zažyś pf

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