dešć

See also: dešč

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъždžь, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-dyu- (“bad sky”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian dešć, Polish deszcz, Czech déšť, Russian дождь (doždʹ), and Old Church Slavonic дъждь (dŭždĭ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɛɕt͡ɕ/

Noun

dešć m (diminutive dešćik)

  1. rain (condensed water falling from a cloud)

Declension
Declension of dešć
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dešć dešća dešće
Genitive dešća dešćowu dešćow
Dative dešćoju dešćoma dešćam
Accusative dešć dešća dešće
Instrumental dešćom dešćoma dešćami
Locative dešću dešćoma dešćach

Derived terms

Further reading
  • dešć in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
  • dešć in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъždžь, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-dyu- (“bad sky”). Cognate with Lower Sorbian dešć, Polish deszcz, Czech déšť, Russian дождь (doždʹ), and Old Church Slavonic дъждь (dŭždĭ).

Noun

dešć m

  1. rain (condensed water falling from a cloud)
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