źowćo

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Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

Cognate with Upper Sorbian dźowćo, Polish dziewczę, Czech děvče, Old Church Slavonic дѣвица (děvica), Russian деви́ца (devíca), Serbo-Croatian d(j)evojka; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *děva (“virgin”). See also źowka (“daughter”).

Pronunciation

Noun

źowćo n (diminutive źowćko)

  1. girl

Declension

Declension of źowćo
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative źowćo źowći źowća
Genitive źowća źowćowu źowćow
Dative źowćoju, źowću źowćoma źowćam
Accusative źowćo źowći źowća
Instrumental źowćom źowćoma źowćami
Locative źowću źowćoma źowćach

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Further reading

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