wjelk

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms
  • ẃelk (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vʲɛlk/, [vʲelk]; /jɛlk/, [jelk]

Noun

wjelk m (feminine equivalent wjelcyca)

  1. wolf
  2. dry rot

Declension
Declension of wjelk
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative wjelk wjelka wjelki
Genitive wjelka wjelkowu wjelkow
Dative wjelkoju wjelkoma wjelkam
Accusative wjelka wjelkowu wjelki, wjelkow
Instrumental wjelkom wjelkoma wjelkami
Locative wjelku wjelkoma wjelkach

Derived terms
  • wjelceńc
  • wjelcyšćo
  • wjelkowaty
  • wjelkowy

Further reading
  • ẃelk 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.
  • wjelk in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Noun

wjelk m

  1. wolf
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