rybarnik

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• rybaŕnik (obsolete)

Etymology

ryba (“fish”) +‎ -aŕ +‎ -nik; cognate with Upper Sorbian rybornik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɨbarnʲik/

Noun

rybarnik m animal

1. grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

   Synonyms: karpaŕ, šedawa, šytawa

Declension

Declension of rybarnik

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	rybarnik	rybarnika	rybarniki
Genitive	rybarnika	rybarnikowu	rybarnikow
Dative	rybarnikoju	rybarnikoma	rybarnikam
Accusative	rybarnik	rybarnika	rybarniki
Instrumental	rybarnikom	rybarnikoma	rybarnikami
Locative	rybarniku	rybarnikoma	rybarnikach

Further reading

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