žrěbje

Lower Sorbian

žrěbje

Alternative forms

• žrěb́e

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žerbę. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žrěbjo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒrʲɪbʲɛ/, [ˈʒrʲɪbʲə]

Noun

žrěbje n animal (genitive singular žrěbjeśa, nominative plural žrěbjeta, diminutive žrěbjetko)

1. foal

Declension

declension of žrěbje

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	žrěbje	žrěbjeśi	žrěbjeta
Genitive	žrěbjeśa	žrěbjeśowu	žrěbjetow
Dative	žrěbjeśeju	žrěbjeśoma	žrěbjetam
Accusative	žrěbje	žrěbjeśi	žrěbjeta
Instrumental	žrěbjeśim	žrěbjeśoma	žrěbjetami
Locative	žrěbjeśu	žrěbjeśoma	žrěbjetach

Hyponyms

• žrěbc (“colt”)

Further reading

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