praś

See also: pras and prás

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьrati. Cognate with Upper Sorbian prać, Polish prać, Czech prát, Russian прать (pratʹ), Serbo-Croatian prȁti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [praɕ]

Verb

praś impf (perfective wupraś)

1. (archaic) to hit, strike, beat

   Synonym: biś

2. (archaic) to wash (laundry)

   Synonym: pałkaś

Conjugation

Conjugation of praś (imperfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	pjeru, pjerjom	pjerjomej	pjerjomy
2nd person	pjerjoš	pjerjotej	pjerjośo
3rd person	pjerjo	pjerjotej	pjeru
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	pjerjech	pjerjechmej	pjerjechmy
2nd person	pjerješo	pjerještej	pjerješćo
3rd person	pjerješo	pjerještej	pjerjechu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	pjeŕ	pjeŕtej	pjeŕśo

Participles

• Present: pjerucy
• Past active (“ł-form”): prał
• Past passive: prany

Infinitive

praś

Supine

prat

Verbal noun

pranje

Further reading

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