pušćić

Upper Sorbian

Alternative forms

• pušćeć

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pustìti. Cognate with Lower Sorbian pušćiś.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuʃt͡ʃit͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -uʃt͡ʃit͡ʃ
• Hyphenation: pu‧š‧ćić
• Syllabification: puš‧ćić

Verb

pušćić pf (imperfective pušćować)

1. (transitive) to allow, to let

   Synonym: dać

   Pušć mje činić, štož chcu!

   Let me do whatever I want!

2. (transitive) to let go, to let up

   Sym wšitko pušćił, štož bě hubjene za mnje.

   I let go of everything that was bad for me.

3. (transitive) to dismiss, to fire

   Šef je wšitkich lěnich sobudźěłaćerjow pušćił.

   The boss fired all lazy employees.

4. (reflexive with so) to detach, to separate oneself

   Kruh přećelow so pušći.

   The circle of friends separated.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pušćić (perfective)

	person	singular	dual		plural
			virile	nonvirile
infinitive		pušćić
transgressive		pušćiwši
present tense	1st	pušćju	pušćimoj		pušćimy
	2nd	pušćiš	pušćitaj	pušćitej	pušćiće
	3rd	pušći	pušćitaj	pušćitej	pušćja
past tense	1st	pušćich	pušćichmoj		pušćichmy
	2nd	pušći	pušćištaj	pušćištej	pušćišće
	3rd	pušći	pušćištaj	pušćištej	pušćichu
imperative	1st	—	pušćmoj		pušćmy
	2nd	pušć	pušćtaj	pušćtej	pušćće
	3rd	pušć	—
active participle		—
passive participle		pušćjeny
ł-form		pušćił
verbal noun		pušćjenje

Derived terms

nouns

• pušćenje n

 

verbs

• dopušćić pf
• rozpušćić pf
• spušćić pf
• wopušćić pf
• zapusćić pf

 

References

• “pušćić” in Soblex
• Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “pušćić”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 575