Lower Sorbian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *remy. Cognate with Upper Sorbian rjemjeń, Polish rzemień, Czech řemen, Russian реме́нь (reménʹ), Old Church Slavonic ремень (remenĭ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈrʲɛmʲɛnʲ/, [ˈrʲemʲenʲ]

Noun edit

rjemjeń m inan (diminutive rjemjeńk)

  1. strap (long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like)
  2. belt (band used in a machine to help transfer motion or power)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

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