cesaś

See also: cesas, cesás, and ĉesas

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *česati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *késtei; cognate with Upper Sorbian česać, Polish czesać, Czech česat, Russian чеса́ть (česátʹ), Old Church Slavonic чесати (česati).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtsɛsaɕ]

Verb

cesaś impf (perfective pócesaś)

  1. to comb (groom the hair with a toothed implement)

Conjugation
Conjugation of cesaś (imperfective)
Present Singular Dual Plural
1st person cešu;
cešom		 cešomej cešomy
2nd person cešoš cešotej cešośo
3rd person cešo cešotej cešu
Preterite Singular Dual Plural
1st person cesach cesachmej cesachmy
2nd person cesašo cesaštej cesašćo
3rd person cesašo cesaštej cesachu
Imperative Singular Dual Plural
2nd person ceš ceštej cešćo
Participles
  • Present active: cešucy; cesajucy
  • Perfect active ("ł-form"): cesał
  • Perfect passive: cesany
Infinitive
cesaś
Supine
cesat
Verbal noun
cesanje

Can also be inflected according to the a-conjugation:

Present Singular Dual Plural
1st person cesam cesamej cesamy
2nd person cesaš cesatej cesaśo
3rd person cesa cesatej cesaju
Preterite Singular Dual Plural
1st person cesach cesachmej cesachmy
2nd person cesašo cesaštej cesašćo
3rd person cesašo cesaštej cesachu
Imperative Singular Dual Plural
2nd person cesaj cesajtej cesajśo
Participles
  • Present: cesajucy
  • Past active (“ł-form”): cesał
  • Past passive: cesany
Infinitive
cesaś
Supine
cesat
Verbal noun
cesanje

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • nacesaś
  • pśecesaś
  • rozcesaś
  • scesaś
  • wobcesaś
  • wócesaś
  • wótcesaś
  • wucesaś
  • cesak m (“comb”)

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