hyšći

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• hyschcżi (obsolete)
• hyšće (dialectal)
• hyšćen (dialectal)
• hyšćer (dialectal)

Etymology

Cognate with Upper Sorbian hišće, Polish jeszcze, Czech ještě, and Russian ещё (ješčó).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɨɕtɕi]

Adverb

hyšći

1. still (up to a time, as in the preceding time; to an even greater degree)
   • 1998, Erwin Hannusch, Niedersorbisch praktisch und verständlich, Bauzten: Domowina, ISBN 3-740-1667-9, p. 30:

     Jana chójźi hyšći do šule, wóna jo wuknica.

     Jana still goes to school; she is a schoolgirl.

   hyšći mjenjej ― still less

2. yet (with negatives)

   hyšći nic ― not yet

   hyšći nikula ― never yet

Derived terms

• hyšći raz (“once again”)