butra

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Butter, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbutra/

Noun

butra f inan

1. butter

Declension

Declension of butra

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	butra	butrje	butry
Genitive	butry	butrowu	butrow
Dative	butrje	butroma	butram
Accusative	butru	butrje	butry
Instrumental	butru	butroma	butrami
Locative	butrje	butroma	butrach

Synonyms

• masło (rare)

Further reading

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