bluwaś

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• blůwasch (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bljuvati; cognate with Russian блевать (blevatʹ) and Old Church Slavonic бльвати (blĭvati).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbluwaɕ]

Verb

bluwaś impf

1. to vomit (regurgitate the contents of a stomach)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bluwaś (imperfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	bluwam	bluwamej	bluwamy
2nd person	bluwaš	bluwatej	bluwaśo
3rd person	bluwa	bluwatej	bluwaju
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	bluwach	bluwachmej	bluwachmy
2nd person	bluwašo	bluwaštej	bluwašćo
3rd person	bluwašo	bluwaštej	bluwachu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	bluwaj	bluwajtej	bluwajśo

Participles

• Present: bluwajucy
• Past active (“ł-form”): bluwał
• Past passive: bluwany

Infinitive

bluwaś

Supine

bluwat

Verbal noun

bluwanje

Derived terms

• bluwanka f (“vomit [noun]”)
• bluwanki pl (“vomit [noun]”)
• bluwanty pl (“vomit [noun]”)
• nabluwaś pf (“vomit all over”)
• wobbluwaś pf (“vomit all over”)
• wubluwaś pf (“vomit out”)

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “bluwaś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “bluwaś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag