dešć

See also: desc. and dešč

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъždžь, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-dyu- (“bad sky”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛɕt͡ɕ/

Noun

dešć m inan (diminutive dešćik)

1. rain (condensed water falling from a cloud)

Declension

Declension of dešć

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dešć	dešća	dešće
Genitive	dešća	dešćowu	dešćow
Dative	dešćoju	dešćoma	dešćam
Accusative	dešć	dešća	dešće
Instrumental	dešćom	dešćoma	dešćami
Locative	dešću	dešćoma	dešćach

Derived terms

• pśedešćnik

Further reading

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

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъždžь, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-dyu- (“bad sky”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛʃt͡ʃ]

Noun

dešć m inan

1. rain (condensed water falling from a cloud)

Further reading

• “dešć” in Soblex