zwěrje

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zvěrь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzvʲie̯rʲɛ/, [ˈzvʲie̯rʲə], (after a stressed preposition) /zvʲɛrʲɛ/, [zvʲerʲə]

Noun

zwěrje n (genitive zwěrjeśa, diminutive zwěrjetko)

  1. animal

Declension

Derived terms

  • zwěrjecy
  • zwěrjeńc
  • zwěrjetaś
  • zwěrjetcycko
  • zwěrjetnica
  • zwěrjetny

Further reading

  • zwěrje in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
  • zwěŕe 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.
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