Lower Sorbian

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jastśeb

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *(j)astrębъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian jatřob, Polish jastrząb, Czech jestřáb, Serbo-Croatian jȁstrēb, Russian я́стреб (jástreb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jastśeb m animal (genitive singular jastśebja, diminutive jastśebik)

  1. hawk
    • 2016 June 15, I. Neumannojc, “Jastśeb jo gołubjarjam ako rybakarjam kormoran”, in Nowy Casnik[1], number 24, page 4:
      Gaž jastśeb abo sokoł se pśibližyjo, wón jogo na taki part wušakajo.
      If a hawk or falcon comes near, he drives it away in this manner.
  2. (colloquial) policeman

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Further reading

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