znamje

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Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

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)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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