zapust
Lower Sorbian
editEtymology
editFrom za- (“behind”) + pusty (“empty, deserted”) (for the sense, compare Slovene pust (“Lent”)). Cognate with Polish zapusty.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editzapust m inan
- Shrovetide, Shrove Tuesday
- carnival (festival held just before the beginning of Lent)
Declension
editDeclension of zapust
Further reading
edit- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “zapust”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “zapust”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag