pcha

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• bcha (dialectal)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *blъxa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pxa/

Noun

pcha f animal (genitive singular pchy, nominative dual pše, nominative plural pchy)

1. flea

Declension

Declension of pcha

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	pcha	pše	pchy
Genitive	pchy	pchowu	pchow
Dative	pše	pchoma	pcham
Accusative	pchu	pše	pchy
Instrumental	pchu	pchoma	pchami
Locative	pše	pchoma	pchach

Further reading

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pxa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pcha

Verb

pcha

1. third-person singular present of pchać

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *blъxa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.

Noun

pcha f

1. flea

Declension

Declension of pcha

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pcha	pše	pchi
genitive	pchi	pchow	pchow
dative	pše	pchomaj	pcham
accusative	pchu	pše	pchi
instrumental	pchu	pchomaj	pchami
locative	pše	pchomaj	pchach
vocative	pcha	pše	pchi

Further reading

• pcha in Hornjoserbsko-němski Słownik