njewjericka

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Lower Sorbian

njewjericka

Alternative forms

Etymology

Diminutive of now rare njewjerica +‎ -ka, dissimilated from *wjewjerica, from Proto-Slavic *věverica (squirrel), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (squirrel). Cognate with Upper Sorbian wjewjerčka, Polish wiewiórka, Czech veverka, Serbo-Croatian vjȅverica, and Ukrainian вивірка (vyvirka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnʲɛjɛrʲit͡ska/, , ; /ˈnʲɛvʲɛrʲit͡ska/,

Noun

njewjericka f

  1. squirrel (rodent)

Declension

Further reading

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