rosć
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
- roscż (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *orsti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian rosć, Polish róść, Czech růst, Russian расти́ (rastí), Old Church Slavonic расти (rasti).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɔst͡ɕ/
Verb
rosć impf (perfective narosć)
- to grow
Conjugation
Conjugation of rosć (imperfective)
| Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | rostu rosćom |
rosćomej | rosćomy |
| 2nd person | rosćoš | rosćotej | rosćośo |
| 3rd person | rosćo | rosćotej | rostu |
| Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | rosćech | rosćechmej | rosćechmy |
| 2nd person | rosćešo | rosćeštej | rosćešćo |
| 3rd person | rosćešo | rosćeštej | rosćechu |
| Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 2nd person | ros | rostej | rosćo |
- Participles
- Present: rosćecy
- Past active (“ł-form”): rosł
- Past passive: rosćony
- Infinitive
- rosć
- Supine
- rost
- Verbal noun
- rosćenje
Derived terms
- dorosć
- pódrosć
- pórosć
- pśerosć
- pśirosć
- rosćenje
- rosćina
- rostlina
- rozrosć
- wobrosć
- wótrosć
- wurosć
- zarosć
- zrosć
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “rosć”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “rosć”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag