graś

See also: GRAS, Gras, Graś, gras, gräs, grás, grãs, græs, and græs'

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьgrati. Cognate with Upper Sorbian hrać, Polish grać, Czech hrát, Russian игра́ть (igrátʹ), Serbo-Croatian ȉgrati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡraɕ]

Verb

graś impf

1. to play (act in a manner such that one has fun; produce music using a musical instrument (both transitive and intransitive); act in a performance; participate in (a sport or game))

Conjugation

Conjugation of graś (imperfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	graju grajom	grajomej	grajomy
2nd person	grajoš	grajotej	grajośo
3rd person	grajo	grajotej	graju
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	grajach	grajachmej	grajachmy
2nd person	grajašo	grajaštej	grajašćo
3rd person	grajašo	grajaštej	grajachu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	graj	grajtej	grajśo

Participles

• Present: grajucy
• Past active (“ł-form”): grał
• Past passive: graty

Infinitive

graś

Supine

grat

Verbal noun

graśe

Further reading

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