kšuška
Lower Sorbian
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kšušce
Etymology
kšuša + -ka, kšuša being a now archaic word for ‘pear’, from Proto-Slavic *kruša; cognate with Upper Sorbian krušwa and Serbo-Croatian krȕška.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʃuʃka/
Noun
kšuška f
- pear (fruit)
- pear tree (tree of genus Pyrus)
Declension
Declension of kšuška
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | kšuška | kšušce | kšuški |
Genitive | kšuški | kšuškowu | kšuškow |
Dative | kšušce | kšuškoma | kšuškam |
Accusative | kšušku | kšušce | kšuški |
Instrumental | kšušku | kšuškoma | kšuškami |
Locative | kšušce | kšuškoma | kšuškach |
Synonyms
- (tree): kšušcyna f
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “kšuška”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “kšuška”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag