Lower Sorbian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *osobьnъ. By surface analysis, wósebje +‎ -ny. Cognate with Upper Sorbian wosebny, wosobny; Polish osobny, Czech osobný, osobní, Kashubian woesobny.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwɨsɛbnɨ/, /ˈwɛsɛbnɨ/, (dated) /ˈwʊsɛbnɨ/

Adjective

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wósebny (comparative wósebnjejšy, superlative nejwósebnjejšy)

  1. special, particular, extraordinary

Declension

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Further reading

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