źowka

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *děvъka, diminutive of *děva (girl). Compare źowćo (girl), Upper Sorbian dźowka, Polish dziewka, Czech dívka.

Pronunciation

Noun

źowka f (diminutive źowcycka)

  1. daughter

Declension

Coordinate terms

  • syn (son)
  • maś (mother)
  • nan (father)

Derived terms

Further reading

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