brošma
See also: brosma
Lower Sorbian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From the genitive of Proto-Slavic *boršьno (“flour, food”); the Body of Christ (which is commemorated on Corpus Christi) is held by believers to be food for the soul. Cognate with Upper Sorbian brošma, Czech brašna (“pannier”), Old Church Slavonic брашьно (brašĭno, “food”), and Ukrainian бо́рошно (bórošno, “flour”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
brošma
- (Christianity) on Corpus Christi (festival)
Further reading edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “brošma”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “brošma”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag