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Upper Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiw/
- Rhymes: -iw
- Hyphenation: dźiw
- Syllabification: dźiw
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dȋvъ (“astonishment; wonder, miracle”). Cognate with Lower Sorbian źiw.
Noun
dźiw m inan
- miracle, wonder (extraordinary or inexplicable fact by the laws of nature that is attributed to a divine or supernatural cause)
Čehodla njewěriš do dźiwow?- Why don't you believe in miracles?
Declension
Declension of dźiw (masculine hard stem)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divъ (“tweet, chirp”). Cognate with Lower Sorbian źiw.
Interjection
dźiw
- tweet, chirp (sound of a sparrow)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
dźiw
- second/third-person singular imperative of dźiwić
References
- Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “dźiw”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 187
- Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “dźiw dźiw”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 187
- “dźiw” in Soblex