źiśelc

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Lower Sorbian

źiśelc

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dętelьcь, diminutive of *dętelъ, cognate with Upper Sorbian dźećelc, Polish dzięcioł, Czech datel, Serbo-Croatian djȅtlić and Russian дя́тел (djátel).

Pronunciation

Noun

źiśelc m anim

  1. woodpecker (bird in Picinae)
  2. (specifically) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

Declension

References

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