grimaś

See also: grimas

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *grьměti; cognate with Upper Sorbian hrimać, Polish grzmieć, Czech hřmít, Russian греме́ть (gremétʹ), Serbo-Croatian gr̀mjeti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrʲimaɕ/

Verb

grimaś impf (perfective grimnuś)

1. to thunder, rumble

Conjugation

Conjugation of grimaś (imperfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	grimju; grimjom	grimjomej	grimjomy
2nd person	grimjoš	grimjotej	grimjośo
3rd person	grimjo	grimjotej	grimju
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	grimach	grimachmej	grimachmy
2nd person	grimašo	grimaštej	grimašćo
3rd person	grimašo	grimaštej	grimachu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	grim	grimtej	grimśo

Participles

• Present active: grimjucy; grimajucy
• Perfect active ("ł-form"): grimał
• Perfect passive: grimany

Infinitive

grimaś

Supine

grimat

Verbal noun

grimanje

Can also be inflected according to the a-conjugation:

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	grimam	grimamej	grimamy
2nd person	grimaš	grimatej	grimaśo
3rd person	grima	grimatej	grimaju
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	grimach	grimachmej	grimachmy
2nd person	grimašo	grimaštej	grimašćo
3rd person	grimašo	grimaštej	grimachu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	grimaj	grimajtej	grimajśo

Participles

• Present: grimajucy
• Past active (“ł-form”): grimał
• Past passive: grimany

Infinitive

grimaś

Supine

grimat

Verbal noun

grimanje

Further reading

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