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)

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

nacesaś
pśecesaś
rozcesaś
scesaś
wobcesaś
wócesaś
wótcesaś
wucesaś

Related terms

cesak m (“comb”)