jastśeb
Lower Sorbian
FWOTD – 29 January 2017
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jastśeb
Alternative forms
- jastśeb́ (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *(j)astrębъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian jatřob, Polish jastrząb, Czech jestřáb, Serbo-Croatian jȁstrēb, Russian я́стреб (jástreb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjast͡ɕɛp/
Noun
jastśeb m (genitive jastśebja, diminutive jastśebik)
- hawk
- 15 June 2016, I. Neumannojc, Nowy Casnik, no. 24, p. 4, “Jastśeb jo gołubjarjam ako rybakarjam kormoran”:
- Gaž jastśeb abo sokoł se pśibližyjo, wón jogo na taki part wušakajo.
- If a hawk or falcon comes near, he drives it away in this manner.
- 15 June 2016, I. Neumannojc, Nowy Casnik, no. 24, p. 4, “Jastśeb jo gołubjarjam ako rybakarjam kormoran”:
- (colloquial) policeman
Declension
Declension of jastśeb
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | jastśeb | jastśebja | jastśebje |
Genitive | jastśebja | jastśebjowu | jastśebjow |
Dative | jastśebjoju | jastśebjoma | jastśebjam |
Accusative | jastśebja | jastśebjowu | jastśebje, jastśebjow |
Instrumental | jastśebjom | jastśebjoma | jastśebjami |
Locative | jastśebju | jastśebjoma | jastśebjach |
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “jastśeḃ”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “jastśeb”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag