grimaś
See also: grimas
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *grьměti; cognate with Upper Sorbian hrimać, Polish grzmieć, Czech hřmít, Russian греме́ть (gremétʹ), Serbo-Croatian gr̀mjeti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡrimaɕ]
Verb
grimaś impf (perfective grimnuś)
- to thunder, rumble
Conjugation
Conjugation of grimaś (imperfective)
| Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | grimju; grimjom | grimjomej | grimjomy |
| 2nd person | grimjoš | grimjotej | grimjośo |
| 3rd person | grimjo | grimjotej | grimju |
| Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | grimach | grimachmej | grimachmy |
| 2nd person | grimašo | grimaštej | grimašćo |
| 3rd person | grimašo | grimaštej | grimachu |
| Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 2nd person | grim | grimtej | grimśo |
- Participles
- Present active: grimjucy; grimajucy
- Perfect active ("ł-form"): grimał
- Perfect passive: grimany
- Infinitive
- grimaś
- Supine
- grimat
- Verbal noun
- grimanje
Can also be inflected according to the a-conjugation:
| Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | grimam | grimamej | grimamy |
| 2nd person | grimaš | grimatej | grimaśo |
| 3rd person | grima | grimatej | grimaju |
| Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | grimach | grimachmej | grimachmy |
| 2nd person | grimašo | grimaštej | grimašćo |
| 3rd person | grimašo | grimaštej | grimachu |
| Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 2nd person | grimaj | grimajtej | grimajśo |
- Participles
- Present: grimajucy
- Past active (“ł-form”): grimał
- Past passive: grimany
- Infinitive
- grimaś
- Supine
- grimat
- Verbal noun
- grimanje
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “grimaś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “grimaś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag