dojś
See also: DOJs
Lower Sorbian
Etymology 1
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)
- to milk (express milk from [a mammal])
Conjugation
| singular | dual | plural | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||
| present | dojm | dojš | doj | dojmej | dojtej | dojtej | dojmy | dojśo | doje | |
| preterite | dojach | dojašo | dojašo | dojachmej | dojaštej | dojaštej | dojachmy | dojašćo | dojachu | |
| imperative | doj | dojtej | dojśo | |||||||
| infinitive | dojś | |||||||||
| verbal noun | dojenje, dojśe | |||||||||
| supine | dojt | |||||||||
| participle | present | dojecy | ||||||||
| past active (“ł-form”) | dojł | |||||||||
| past passive | dojty | |||||||||
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *dojьti (compare Russian дойти (dojti)), from *do + *jьti. By surface analysis, do- + hyś.
Verb
dojś pf (imperfective dochadaś)
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