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Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suckle, suck”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian dźěćo, Polish dziecię, Czech dítě, Old Church Slavonic дѣти (děti), and Russian дитя (ditja).
Pronunciation
Noun
źiśe n pers (genitive singular góleśa, nominative plural źiśi)
- child
Declension
The words źiśe and góle are in a suppletive relationship. In the nominative and accusative singular, źiśe and góle are both found; in these cases góle implies a young child (up to about 6 years old) and źiśe a somewhat older one. The genitive, dative, instrumental, and locative singular as well the entire dual are formed from góle, while the plural is formed from źiśe; in these cases there is no semantic distinction between the two roots.
declension of źiśe and góle
Derived terms
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “źiśe”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “źiśe”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag