wrobel

See also: Wrobel, wróbel, and Wróbel

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vorbьľь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɔbɛl]

Noun

wrobel m animal (genitive singular wrobela or wrobla, diminutive wroblik)

1. sparrow

Declension

Long form

Declension of wrobel

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	wrobel	wrobela	wrobele
Genitive	wrobela	wrobelowu	wrobelow
Dative	wrobeloju	wrobeloma	wrobelam
Accusative	wrobela	wrobelowu	wrobele, wrobelow
Instrumental	wrobelom	wrobeloma	wrobelami
Locative	wrobelu	wrobeloma	wrobelach

Short form

declension of wrobel

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	wrobel	wrobla	wroble
Genitive	wrobla	wroblowu	wroblow
Dative	wrobloju	wrobloma	wroblam
Accusative	wrobla	wroblowu	wroble, wroblow
Instrumental	wroblom	wrobloma	wroblami
Locative	wroblu	wrobloma	wroblach

Derived terms

• wroble (“baby sparrow”)
• wroblišk (diminutive)
• wrobliškowy (“of sparrows”)
• wroblowaś (“to scold”)

Further reading

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