šwon

Lower Sorbian

šwon

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schwan, from Middle High German swan, from Old High German swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃwɔn]

Noun

šwon m animal

1. swan (waterfowl of genus Cygnus)

Declension

Declension of šwon

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	šwon	šwona	šwony
Genitive	šwona	šwonowu	šwonow
Dative	šwonoju	šwonoma	šwonam
Accusative	šwona	šwonowu	šwony, šwonow
Instrumental	šwonom	šwonoma	šwonami
Locative	šwonje	šwonoma	šwonach

Synonyms

• kołp
• son (archaic)

Further reading

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