pjero

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Lower Sorbian

pjero

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pero, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The sense ‘spring’ is a semantic loan from German Feder.

Pronunciation

Noun

pjero n inan (diminutive pjerko)

  1. feather (branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds)
  2. nib (tip of a pen)
  3. spring (device made of flexible material)

Declension

Declension of pjero
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative pjero pjerje pjera
Genitive pjera pjerowu pjerow
Dative pjeroju, pjeru pjeroma pjeram
Accusative pjero pjerje pjera
Instrumental pjerom pjeroma pjerami
Locative pjerje pjeroma pjerach

Derived terms

Further reading

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