gebùrstach

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Geburtstag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈbwurstax/
• Rhymes: -urstax
• Syllabification: ge‧bùr‧stach

Noun

gebùrstach m inan

1. birthday (anniversary of one's birth)
   • 2013, Redakcja, “WEJROWÒ. 90 LAT BÒLESŁAWA BÒRKA”, in Pomerania‎^[1], number 5, Gdańsk: Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie:

     Nestor kaszëbsczich lëteratów Bòlesłôw Bòrk w karnie nôblëższich 9 łżëkwiata swiãtowôł swój 90. gebùrstach.

     Nestor of Kashubian writers, Bòlesłôw Bòrk, celebrated his 90th birthday on April 9 with his family.

   • 2019, Diana Krywiak, Łukôsz Zołtkòwsczi, “WOBLERË RODÃ Z KASZËB”, in Pomerania‎^[2], number 10, Gdańsk: Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie:

     Czasã zdôrzają sã òsoblëwé zamówienia. Na Facebookù napisała do nas białka. Widzała, że ji chłop baro czãsto zazérô na najã stanã. Na gebùrstach chacał mù zrobic darënk. Wëpëtalësma, na co łowi i gdze nôczãscy jezdzy.

     Sometimes there are personal orders. A woman wrote to us on Facebook. She saw that her husband also visits our website very often. She wanted to give him a present for his birthday. We asked what he fished for and where he usually went.

   • 2017-5-17, Kaszëbskô Jednota, Facebook :

     Marian Selin - piesniôrz rëbacczégò żëwòta - miôłbë dzysô 80 gebùrstach. Ùmar łoni.

     Marian Selin, the bard of the fisherman's life, would have celebrated his 80th birthday today. he died a year ago

   • 2021-10-22, Naja Szkòła, Facebook :

     Dzysô je gebùrstach Méstra Jana Trepczika, ùsôdcë piesne "Ziemia rodnô".

     Today is the birthday of Master Jan Trepczyk, author of the hymn "Ziemia rodnô".

Further reading

• “gebùrstach”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022