źowćo

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • żȯwcżȯ (obsolete)

Etymology

Cognate with Upper Sorbian dźowćo, Polish dziewczę, Czech děvče, Old Church Slavonic дѣвица (děvica), Russian деви́ца (devíca), Serbo-Croatian d(j)evojka; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *děva (virgin). See also źowka (daughter).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʑowtɕɔ/

Noun

źowćo n (diminutive źowćko)

  1. girl

Declension

Derived terms

  • źowćaŕ
  • źowćkaŕ
  • źowćowy

Coordinate terms

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