źowka
Lower Sorbian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *děvъka, diminutive of *děva (“girl”). Compare źowćo (“girl”), Upper Sorbian dźowka, Polish dziewka, Czech dívka.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
źowka f pers (diminutive źowcycka)
Declension edit
Declension of źowka
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Further reading edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “źowka”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “źowka”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag