trěś
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tres"
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *terti, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”). Cognate with Latin terō (“to rub”), Ancient Greek τρίβω (tríbō, “to rub”), Lithuanian trinti (“to rub”), Latvian trīt (“to rub”), Armenian թրել (tʻrel, “to knead”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʲrʲɪɕ/
Verb
trěś impf (perfective wótrěś)
- to wipe
Conjugation
Conjugation of trěś (imperfective)
| Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | trěju trějom |
trějomej | trějomy |
| 2nd person | trějoš | trějotej | trějośo |
| 3rd person | trějo | trějotej | trěju |
| Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | trějach | trějachmej | trějachmy |
| 2nd person | trějašo | trějaštej | trějašćo |
| 3rd person | trějašo | trějaštej | trějachu |
| Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 2nd person | trěj | trějtej | trějśo |
- Participles
- Present: trějucy
- Past active (“ł-form”): trěł
- Past passive: trěty
- Infinitive
- trěś
- Supine
- trět
- Verbal noun
- trěśe
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “trěś_1”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “trěś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag