Lower Sorbian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *gъrstь; cognate with Polish garść, Czech hrst, Russian горсть (gorstʹ), Serbo-Croatian grst, pregršt.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gjarsć f inan (diminutive gjarstka)

  1. handful (amount held in hand; small quantity)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

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