witaś

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vitati. Cognate with Upper Sorbian witać, Polish witać, and Czech vítat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvʲitaɕ/

Verb

witaś impf (perfective pówitaś)

  1. to greet, welcome
    Witam śi!
    Welcome!
    (literally, “I welcome you sg!”)

Conjugation
Conjugation of witaś (imperfective)
Present Singular Dual Plural
1st person witam witamej witamy
2nd person witaš witatej witaśo
3rd person wita witatej witaju
Preterite Singular Dual Plural
1st person witach witachmej witachmy
2nd person witašo witaštej witašćo
3rd person witašo witaštej witachu
Imperative Singular Dual Plural
2nd person witaj witajtej witajśo
Participles
  • Present: witajucy
  • Past active (“ł-form”): witał
  • Past passive: witany
Infinitive
witaś
Supine
witat
Verbal noun
witanje

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