śěsny

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *těsnъ (“narrow”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian ćěsny, Polish ciasny, Czech těsný, Serbo-Croatian tijésan, and Russian те́сный (tésnyj).

Pronunciation

Adjective

śěsny (comparative śěsnjejšy, superlative nejśěsnjejšy, adverb śěsno)

  1. tight, cramped
  2. frightened, anxious

Declension

Declension of śěsny
Masculine singular Feminine singular Neuter singular Dual Plural
Nominative śěsny śěsna śěsne śěsnej śěsne
Genitive śěsnego śěsneje śěsnego śěsneju śěsnych
Dative śěsnemu śěsnej śěsnemu śěsnyma śěsnym
Accusative śěsny
śěsnego (animate) 		śěsnu śěsne śěsnej
śěsneju (animate) 		śěsne
śěsnych (optional animate form)
Instrumental śěsnym śěsneju śěsnym śěsnyma śěsnymi
Locative śěsnem śěsnej śěsnem śěsnyma śěsnych

Further reading

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