dešć

See also: desc. and dešč

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъždžь, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-dyu- (“bad sky”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛɕt͡ɕ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɕt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: dešć

Noun

dešć m inan (diminutive dešćik)

  1. rain (condensed water falling from a cloud)

Declension

Declension of dešć
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dešć dešća dešće
Genitive dešća dešćowu dešćow
Dative dešćoju dešćoma dešćam
Accusative dešć dešća dešće
Instrumental dešćom dešćoma dešćami
Locative dešću dešćoma dešćach

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъ̀ždžь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛʃt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃt͡ʃ
  • Hyphenation: dešć
  • Syllabification: dešć

Noun

dešć m inan

  1. (meteorology) rain (form of precipitation of liquid water in the form of drops, resulting from the condensation of water vapor in the atmosphere)

Declension

Declension of dešć (masculine soft stem)
singular dual plural
nominative dešć dešćej dešće
genitive dešća dešćow dešćow
dative dešćej dešćomaj dešćam
accusative dešć dešćej dešće
instrumental dešćom dešćomaj dešćemi
locative dešću dešćomaj dešćach
vocative dešćo dešćej dešće

References

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