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Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *znamę. By surface analysis, znaś (“to know”) + -mje. Cognate with Upper Sorbian znamjo, Polish znamię, and Old Czech známě.
Pronunciation
Noun
znamje n (genitive singular znamjenja, diminutive znamješko)
- mark, characteristic
- 2007-04-04, “Pyšnjenje jatšownych jajkow”, Nowy Casnik vol 59, no. 14, p. 7:
Pśi tom móžośo zgóniś, kaki pótajmny wóznam maju znamjenja na jajkach.- That is where you can find out what secret meaning the marks on the eggs have.
- a distinguishing or characteristic landmark
1998, Erwin Hannusch, chapter 1, in Niedersorbisch praktisch und verständlich, Bautzen: Domowina Verlag, →ISBN, page 20:Wón jo znamje Chóśebuza.- It is the distinguishing landmark of Cottbus.
- mole (dark spot on the skin)
Declension
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “znaḿe”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “znamje”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag