hyšći

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms
  • hyschcżi (obsolete)
  • hyšće (dialectal)
  • hyšćen (dialectal)
  • hyšćer (dialectal)

Etymology

Cognate with Upper Sorbian hišće, Polish jeszcze, Czech ještě, and Russian ещё (ješčó).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɨɕtɕi]

Adverb

hyšći

  1. still (up to a time, as in the preceding time; to an even greater degree)
    • 1998, Erwin Hannusch, Niedersorbisch praktisch und verständlich, Bauzten: Domowina, ISBN 3-740-1667-9, p. 30:
      Jana chójźi hyšći do šule, wóna jo wuknica.
      Jana still goes to school; she is a schoolgirl.
    hyšći mjenjej ― still less
  2. yet (with negatives)
    hyšći nic ― not yet
    hyšći nikula ― never yet

Derived terms
  • hyšći raz (“once again”)
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