pěta

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Lower Sorbian

Pěta

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pęta; cognate with Upper Sorbian pjata, Polish pięta, Czech pata, Russian пята́ (pjatá), Old Church Slavonic пѧта (pęta).

Pronunciation

Noun

pěta f inan (diminutive pětka)

  1. heel (rear part of the foot)

Declension

Further reading

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