swójźba

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Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *svojьtьba, from *svojь (one’s own). Cognate with Upper Sorbian swójba and Serbo-Croatian svojitba.

Pronunciation

Noun

swójźba f (diminutive swójźbicka)

  1. family (extended), kin, relatives
    Synonym: familija

Declension

Further reading

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