módliś
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
- modliś (superseded)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *modliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian modlić, Polish modlić, Czech modlit, Russian моли́ть (molítʹ), Old Church Slavonic молити (moliti).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɨdliɕ/, [ˈmɨdlʲiɕ]; /ˈmɛdliɕ/, [ˈmɛdlʲiɕ]; (dated) /ˈmʊdliɕ/, [ˈmʊdlʲiɕ]
Verb
módliś impf (perfective pśemódliś)
- (literary, reflexive) to pray
Conjugation
Conjugation of módliś (imperfective)
| Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | módlim | módlimej | módlimy |
| 2nd person | módliš | módlitej | módliśo |
| 3rd person | módli | módlitej | módle |
| Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | módlach | módlachmej | módlachmy |
| 2nd person | módlašo | módlaštej | módlašćo |
| 3rd person | módlašo | módlaštej | módlachu |
| Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 2nd person | módl | módltej | módlśo |
- Participles
- Present: módlecy
- Past active (“ł-form”): módlił
- Past passive: módlony
- Infinitive
- módliś
- Supine
- módlit
- Verbal noun
- módlenje
Synonyms
- bjatowaś
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “módliś se”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “módliś se”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag