šmek

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Middle Low German smak, smake, from Old Saxon *smakk, *smak, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European *smeg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃmɛk/

Noun

šmek m inan

1. (colloquial) taste (sensation produced by the tongue)

   Synonym: słod

Declension

Declension of šmek

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	šmek	šmeka	šmeke
Genitive	šmeka	šmekowu	šmekow
Dative	šmekoju	šmekoma	šmekam
Accusative	šmek	šmeka	šmeke
Instrumental	šmekom	šmekoma	šmekami
Locative	šmeku	šmekoma	šmekach

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “šmek”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag