źiśelc

Lower Sorbian

FWOTD – 29 April 2016

źiśelc

Alternative forms

• źěśelc (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dętelьcь, diminutive of *dętelъ, cognate with Upper Sorbian dźećelc, Polish dzięcioł, Czech datel, Serbo-Croatian djȅtlić and Russian дя́тел (djátel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʑiɕelt͡s/

Noun

źiśelc m animal

1. woodpecker (bird in Picinae)
2. (specifically) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

Declension

Declension of źiśelc

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	źiśelc	źiśelca	źiśelce
Genitive	źiśelca	źiśelcowu	źiśelcow
Dative	źiśelcoju	źiśelcoma	źiśelcam
Accusative	źiśelca	źiśelcowu	źiśelce, źiśelcow
Instrumental	źiśelcom	źiśelcoma	źiśelcami
Locative	źiśelcu	źiśelcoma	źiśelcach

References

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