kśěn

Lower Sorbian

kśěn

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xrěnъ; cognate with Upper Sorbian chrěn, Polish chrzan, Czech křen, Russian хрен (xren), Serbo-Croatian hrȅn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɕɪn/

Noun

kśěn m inan

1. horseradish (Armoracia rusticana; condiment made from its root)

Declension

Declension of kśěn

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kśěn	kśěna	kśěny
Genitive	kśěna	kśěnowu	kśěnow
Dative	kśěnoju	kśěnoma	kśěnam
Accusative	kśěn	kśěna	kśěny
Instrumental	kśěnom	kśěnoma	kśěnami
Locative	kśěnje	kśěnoma	kśěnach

Further reading

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