Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Slavic *krajь (edge, end). Doublet of kraj, which was borrowed from Upper Sorbian.

Noun

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kšaj m inan

  1. region, land
    Synonym: kraj

References

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kšaj”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kšaj”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
  • Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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kšaj

  1. second-person singular imperative of kšajaś