wjele
Lower Sorbian
editAlternative forms
edit- ẃele (obsolete)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-, possibly through Proto-Slavic *velьjь (“great”).[1]
Pronunciation
editDeterminer
editwjele (indeclinable, comparative wěcej)
Antonyms
editPronoun
editwjele
- much, many
- wjele źěła ― much work, lots of work
- Wjelim njejo znate až, […] ― Many people do not know that […] (literally, To many it is not known that)
- how much?, how many?
- na wjele? ― how many times?
- po wjelim? ― how many at once? how much at once?
- Wjele to płaśi?
- How much does that cost?
- Wjele bratšow a sotšow maš?
- How many brothers and sisters do you have?
- Wjele cośo jerjegow?
- How many herrings do you want?
Usage notes
editAs a determiner, wjele is invariable; the noun it modifies is always plural is in whatever case is appropriate to its role in the sentence. As a pronoun, wjele may be followed by a noun in the genitive case, which may be either singular or plural, in which case it is invariable; or it may stand alone, in which case it is declinable.
Declension
editDeclension of wjele
References
edit- ^ Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia. (1999). Poland: Ksie̦garnia Akademicka, p. 34
Further reading
edit- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “ẃele”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wjele”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag