See also: dziw

Upper Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiw/
  • Rhymes: -iw
  • Syllabification: dźiw

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dȋvъ (astonishment; wonder, miracle). Cognate with Lower Sorbian źiw.

Noun

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dźiw m inan

  1. miracle, wonder
    Čehodla njewěriš do dźiwow?
    Why don't you believe in miracles?
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divъ (tweet, chirp). Cognate with Lower Sorbian źiw.

Alternative forms

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Interjection

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dźiw

  1. tweet, chirp (sound of a sparrow)

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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dźiw

  1. second/third-person singular imperative of dźiwić

References

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  • Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “dźiw”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 187
  • Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “dźiw dźiw”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch[2] (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 187
  • dźiw” in Soblex