See also: Zgorjelc

Lower Sorbian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Said to be of Old Sorbian origin, from Proto-Slavic *gorěti (to burn), referring to an establishment on a burned site.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɡɛrʲɛlt͡s/, [ˈzɡɛrʲelt͡s]; /ˈzɡɨrʲɛlt͡s/, [ˈzɡɨrʲelt͡s]; (dated) /ˈzɡʊrʲɛlt͡s/, [ˈzɡʊrʲelt͡s]

Proper noun edit

Zgórjelc m inan

  1. Görlitz (a town in Saxony, Germany)

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ernst Eichler, Hans Walther: Historisches Ortsnamenbuch von Sachsen. T. II. M – Z. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2001, s. 334