brošma

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Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

From the genitive of Proto-Slavic *boršьno (flour, food); the Body of Christ (which is commemorated on Corpus Christi) is held by believers to be food for the soul. Cognate with Upper Sorbian brošma, Czech brašna (pannier), Old Church Slavonic брашьно (brašĭno, food), and Ukrainian бо́рошно (bórošno, flour).

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Adverb

brošma

  1. (Christianity) on Corpus Christi (festival)

Further reading

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