póraś

• poraś (superseded)

From Proto-Slavic *porati; cognate with Hoyerswerda Upper Sorbian porać, Belarusian пораць (póracʹ), паспорыць (paspórycʹ), Bulgarian препирам (prepiram).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɨraɕ/, /ˈpɛraɕ/, (dated) /ˈpʊraɕ/

póraś impf (perfective spóraś)

1. (transitive) to bring, take, put

   Wóni póraju zranjone do chórownje. ― They are bringing the injured to the hospital.

   Wóna póra rowno źiśi do póstole. ― She’s just putting the children to bed.

   něco do rěcha póraś; rěch do něcogo póraś ― to put something in order

   do wuskosćow póraś ― to embarrass (literally, bring to embarrassment)

   do zacwiblowanja póraś ― to bring to despair

2. (transitive) to make, cause, incite

   na mjeńše póraś ― to make smaller

   někogo k něcomu póraś ― to incite someone to something

   do reje póraś ― to ask to dance

   do wěry někomu póraś ― to cause to believe in someone

3. (reflexive) to come, go, move, get a move on

   Njewjedro se póra. ― A storm is brewing.

   Słyńco se póra. ― The sun is coming out.

   Wón se k nam póra. ― He’s coming here (literally, He’s coming to us).

   Wón se wót nas póra. ― He’s going away (literally, He’s going from us).

   Něnto póraju se swajźbarje z cerkwje. ― Now the wedding guests are coming out of the church.

   Chtož pómałem se póra, teke dojźo. ― He who goes slowly still arrives.

   Póraj se! ― Get out of here!

   Póraj se domoj! ― Off home with you!

   Póraj se mě z wócowu! ― Get out of my sight!

   Póraj se wen! ― Come out here!

   se póraś do ― move to

• (bring): njasć, wjasć
• (come): pśiś
• (go): hyś
• (move): se gibaś

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