lěwy

See also: lewy and Lewy

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂iwos. Cognate with Upper Sorbian lěwy, Polish lewy, Czech levý, Russian левый (levyj), Old Church Slavonic лѣвъ (lěvŭ), Ancient Greek λαιός (laiós) and Latin laevus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪwɨ/, [ˈlʲɪwɨ]

Adjective

lěwy (adverb lěwo)

1. left (opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north)

Declension

Declension of lěwi

	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Neuter singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	lěwi	lěwa	lěwe	lěwej	lěwe
Genitive	lěwego	lěweje	lěwego	lěweju	lěwich
Dative	lěwemu	lěwej	lěwemu	lěwima	lěwim
Accusative	lěwi lěwego (animate)	lěwu	lěwe	lěwej lěweju (animate)	lěwe lěwich (optional animate form)
Instrumental	lěwim	lěweju	lěwim	lěwima	lěwimi
Locative	lěwem	lěwej	lěwem	lěwima	lěwich

Antonyms

• pšawy

References

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “lěwy”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag