Lower Sorbian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *rędьnъ (orderly), from *rędъ (row). By surface analysis, rěd +‎ -ny. Cognate with Upper Sorbian rjadny (orderly, beautiful), Polish rządny (economical), Czech řádný (regular).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

rědny (comparative rědnjejšy, superlative nejrědnjejšy, adverb rědnje)

  1. beautiful
  2. (archaic) orderly

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Further reading edit

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