bósy
See also: bosy and bosý
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
- bossy, bosy (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bosъ (“barefoot”) (compare Upper Sorbian bosy, Polish bosy, Czech bosý, Russian босой (bosoj), Old Church Slavonic босъ (bosŭ)), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *basas (compare Lithuanian bãsas, Latvian bass), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós (“naked”) (compare Old Armenian բոկ (bok, “barefoot”), Ancient Greek ψιλός (psilós, “bare”), Old English bær (“bare”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɨsɨ/, /ˈbɛsɨ/, (dated) /ˈbʊsɨ/
Adjective
bósy
- barefoot
Declension
Declension of bósy
| Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Neuter singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bósy | bósa | bóse | bósej | bóse |
| Genitive | bósego | bóseje | bósego | bóseju | bósych |
| Dative | bósemu | bósej | bósemu | bósyma | bósym |
| Accusative | bósy bósego (animate) | bósu | bóse | bósej bóseju (animate) | bóse bósych (optional animate form) |
| Instrumental | bósym | bóseju | bósym | bósyma | bósymi |
| Locative | bósem | bósej | bósem | bósyma | bósych |
Derived terms
- bósučki
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “bósy”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “bósy”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag