kśěś

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• kschėsch (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xъtěti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɕɪɕ/

Verb

kśěś impf (perfective zekśěś)

1. to want, wish
   • 1998, Erwin Hannusch, Niedersorbisch praktisch und verständlich, Bauzten: Domowina, ISBN 3-740-1667-9, p. 22:

     Měto co źinsa k swójomu pśijaśeloju woglědaś, dokulaž jo chóry.

     Martin wants to visit his friend today because he is sick.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kśěś

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	cu, com	comej	comy
2nd person	coš	cotej	cośo
3rd person	co	cotej	kśě
Present negative	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	njok	njocomej	njocomy
2nd person	njocoš	njocotej	njocośo
3rd person	njoco	njocotej	njekśě
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	kśěch	kśěchmej	kśěchmy
2nd person	kśěšo	kśěštej	kśěšćo
3rd person	kśěšo	kśěštej	kśěchu

Participles

• Present: kśějucy
• Past active (“ł-form”): kśěł

Infinitive

kśěś

Supine

kśět

Verbal noun

kśěśe

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921) “kśěś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), volume 1, St. Petersburg: ОРЯС РАН, page 724; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Muka, Arnošt (1921) “chceś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), volume 1, St. Petersburg: ОРЯС РАН, page 483; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kśěś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag