drapaś
Appearance
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *drapati. Cognate with Upper Sorbian drapać (“to rub”), Polish drapać (“to scratch”), Czech drápat (“to scratch”), and Belarusian драпаць (drapacʹ, “to scratch”).
Pronunciation
Verb
drapaś impf (perfective drapnuś)
- to scratch
Conjugation
Conjugation of drapaś (imperfective)
Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | drapju; drapjom |
drapjomej | drapjomy |
2nd person | drapjoš | drapjotej | drapjośo |
3rd person | drapjo | drapjotej | drapju |
Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
1st person | drapach | drapachmej | drapachmy |
2nd person | drapašo | drapaštej | drapašćo |
3rd person | drapašo | drapaštej | drapachu |
Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
2nd person | drap | draptej | drapśo |
- Participles
Can also be inflected according to the a-conjugation:
Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | drapam | drapamej | drapamy |
2nd person | drapaš | drapatej | drapaśo |
3rd person | drapa | drapatej | drapaju |
Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
1st person | drapach | drapachmej | drapachmy |
2nd person | drapašo | drapaštej | drapašćo |
3rd person | drapašo | drapaštej | drapachu |
Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
2nd person | drapaj | drapajtej | drapajśo |
- Participles
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “drapaś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “drapaś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag