popajź

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *popadь; compare Upper Sorbian popad (“a catch”), Polish popad (“serious illness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔpajɕ/

Noun

popajź f inan

1. custody, imprisonment, detainment
2. (pathology) gout (arthritic disease)

Declension

Declension of popajź

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	popajź	popajźi	popajźi
Genitive	popajźi	popajźowu	popajźow
Dative	popajźi	popajźoma	popajźam
Accusative	popajź	popajźi	popajźi
Instrumental	popajźu	popajźoma	popajźami
Locative	popajźi	popajźoma	popajźach

Derived terms

• popajźeństwo

Related terms

• padaś (“to fall”)

Further reading

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