škórc
Lower Sorbian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Slavic *skvorьcь (“starling”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian škórc, Slovak škorec, Slovene škôrec, and Russian скворе́ц (skvoréc).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editškórc m animal (diminutive škórcyk)
- starling (bird of the Sturnidae family)
- (specifically) common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Declension
editDeclension of škórc
Further reading
edit- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “škórc”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “škórc”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag