cyž

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čižь.

Noun

cyž m animal (diminutive cyžyk)

  1. Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus)

Further reading

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