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Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-, possibly through Proto-Slavic *velьjь (“great”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvʲɛlɛ/, ; /ˈjɛlɛ/,
Determiner
wjele (indeclinable, comparative wěcej)
- many
- z wjele słowami ― with many words
- how many?
- z wjele kónimi? ― with how many horses?
Antonyms
Pronoun
wjele
- much, many
- wjele źěła ― much work, lots of work
- Wjelim njejo znate až, […] ― Many people do not know that (literally, To many it is not known that)
- how much?, how many?
- na wjele? ― how many times?
- po wjelim? ― how many at once? how much at once?
Wjele to płaśi?- How much does that cost?
Wjele bratšow a sotšow maš?- How many brothers and sisters do you have?
Wjele cośo jerjegow?- How many herrings do you want?
Usage notes
As a determiner, wjele is invariable; the noun it modifies is always plural is in whatever case is appropriate to its role in the sentence. As a pronoun, wjele may be followed by a noun in the genitive case, which may be either singular or plural, in which case it is invariable; or it may stand alone, in which case it is declinable.
Declension
Declension of wjele
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wjele
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| Genitive
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wjelich
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wjelim
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wjele
wjelich (optional animate form)
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wjele
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wjelimi
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References
- ^ Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia. (1999). Poland: Ksie̦garnia Akademicka, p. 34
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “ẃele”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wjele”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag