ptašk
Lower Sorbian
editEtymology
editOriginally a diminutive of ptak (now archaic), from Proto-Slavic *pъtakъ, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to fly”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian ptak, Polish ptak, Czech pták, Russian пта́шка (ptáška), and Serbo-Croatian pátak.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editptašk m animal
Declension
editDeclension of ptašk
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “ptašk”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “ptašk”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag