spiwaś
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
- spěwaś (obsolete)
- spiwasch (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pěti, *pěvati. Cognate with Upper Sorbian spěwać, Polish śpiewać, Czech zpívat, Slovak spievať, and Russian спеть (spetʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspʲi.waɕ/
- Rhymes: -iwaɕ
- Syllabification: spi‧waś
Verb
spiwaś impf (perfective wuspiwaś)
- to sing
Conjugation
Conjugation of spiwaś (imperfective)
| Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | spiwam | spiwamej | spiwamy |
| 2nd person | spiwaš | spiwatej | spiwaśo |
| 3rd person | spiwa | spiwatej | spiwaju |
| Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | spiwach | spiwachmej | spiwachmy |
| 2nd person | spiwašo | spiwaštej | spiwašćo |
| 3rd person | spiwašo | spiwaštej | spiwachu |
| Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 2nd person | spiwaj | spiwajtej | spiwajśo |
- Participles
- Present: spiwajucy
- Past active (“ł-form”): spiwał
- Past passive: spiwany
- Infinitive
- spiwaś
- Supine
- spiwat
- Verbal noun
- spiwanje
Derived terms
- dospiwaś
- naspiwaś
- pśespiwaś
- pśispiwaś
- spiwack
- spiwanje
- spiwańko
- spiwański
- spiwaŕ
- spiwaty
- spiwkaś
- spiwnik
- spiwny
- spiwograśe
- spiwula
- wobspiwaś
- wótspiwaś
- zaspiwaś
- zespiwaś