ptašk

Lower Sorbian

ptaški

Etymology

Originally 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

• IPA^(key): /ptaʃk/

Noun

ptašk m animal

1. bird

Declension

Declension of ptašk

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ptašk	ptaška	ptaški
Genitive	ptaška	ptaškowu	ptaškow
Dative	ptaškoju	ptaškoma	ptaškam
Accusative	ptaška	ptaškowu	ptaški, ptaškow
Instrumental	ptaškom	ptaškoma	ptaškami
Locative	ptašku	ptaškoma	ptaškach

Derived terms

• ptaškowy

Further reading

• 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