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cuś

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See also: cus, CUs, čus, and -cus

Lower Sorbian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *čuti, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian čuć (to feel), Polish czuć (to feel), Russian чуять (čujatʹ, to smell, feel).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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cuś impf

  1. to feel (sense by touch; experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  2. to smell (sense with the nose)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • cujabny (sensitive)
  • cujawa f (sense of smell)
  • wucuś pf (to feel, smell; tolerate, like)
  • zacuś pf (to feel, smell, taste)

Further reading

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