pjero
Lower Sorbian edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *pero, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The sense ‘spring’ is a semantic loan from German Feder.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pjero n inan (diminutive pjerko)
- feather (branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds)
- nib (tip of a pen)
- spring (device made of flexible material)
Declension edit
Declension of pjero
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Further reading edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “ṕero”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “pjero”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag