Lower Sorbian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

žywiś (to live) +‎ -nje. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žiwjenje.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒɨvʲɛnʲɛ/, [ˈʒɨvʲɛnʲə]; /ˈʒɨjɛnʲɛ/, [ˈʒɨjɛnʲə]

Noun edit

žywjenje n inan (diminutive žywjeńko)

  1. life

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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