dojś

Lower Sorbian

Etymology 1

dojś

From Proto-Slavic *dojiti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian dejić, Polish doić, Czech dojit, Russian дои́ть (doítʹ), and Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti).

Verb

dojś impf (perfective pódojś)

1. to milk (express milk from [a mammal])

Conjugation

Conjugation of dojś (imperfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	dojm	dojmej	dojmy
2nd person	dojš	dojtej	dojśo
3rd person	doj	dojtej	doje
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	dojach	dojachmej	dojachmy
2nd person	dojašo	dojaštej	dojašćo
3rd person	dojašo	dojaštej	dojachu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	doj	dojtej	dojśo

Participles

• Present: dojecy
• Past active (“ł-form”): dojł
• Past passive: dojty

Infinitive

dojś

Supine

dojt

Verbal noun

dojenje, dojśe

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *dojьti (compare Russian дойти (dojti)), from *do + *jьti. Synchronically analyzable as do- +‎ hyś.

Verb

dojś pf (imperfective dochadaś)

1. to go to, to visit
2. to come to, to arrive at, to reach

Conjugation

Conjugation of dojś (perfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	dojdu, dojźom	dojźomej	dojźomy
2nd person	dojźoš	dojźotej	dojźośo
3rd person	dojźo	dojźotej	dojdu
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	dojźech	dojźechmej	dojźechmy
2nd person	dojźe	dojźeštej	dojźešćo
3rd person	dojźe	dojźeštej	dojźechu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	dojź	dojźtej	dojźćo

Participles

• Present: —
• Past active (“ł-form”): dojšeł
• Past passive: dojźony

Infinitive

dojś

Supine

dojt

Verbal noun

dojźenje

Further reading

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