Lower Sorbian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Upper Sorbian powětr, from Proto-Slavic *povětrъ. Cognate with Polish powiatr, powietrze and Czech povětři. Equivalent to pó- +‎ wětš (wind).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɨvʲɪt͡ʃ/, /ˈpɛvʲɪt͡ʃ/, (dated) /ˈpʊvʲɪt͡ʃ/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈpɨjɛt͡ʃ/, /ˈpɛjɛt͡ʃ/

Noun

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pówětš m inan

  1. air
    Synonym: luft

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “powětš”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “pówětš”, 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.