běžaś

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • bėżasch (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *běžati, a variant of *běgati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- (to run); cognate with Upper Sorbian běžeć, Russian бежа́ть (bežátʹ), Serbo-Croatian b(j)èžati and more distantly with Ancient Greek φέβομαι (phébomai, I flee) and Old Norse bekkr (brook, creek).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲɪʒaɕ/

Verb

běžaś impf

  1. to flow (move as a fluid)
  2. to run (flow, of a liquid)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • běžkotaś
  • naběžaś
  • póběžaś
  • pódběžaś
  • pśeběžaś
  • pśiběžaś
  • rozběžaś
  • woběžaś
  • wótběžaś
  • wuběžaś
  • zaběžaś
  • zběžaś

Further reading

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