pjero
Lower Sorbian
pjero
Alternative forms
- péro, ṕero (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pero, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The sense ‘spring’ is a semantic loan from German Feder.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpʲɛrɔ/
Noun
pjero n (diminutive pjerko)
- feather (branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds)
- nib (tip of a pen)
- spring (device made of flexible material)
Declension
Declension of pjero
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pjero | pjerje | pjera |
| Genitive | pjera | pjerowu | pjerow |
| Dative | pjeroju, pjeru | pjeroma | pjeram |
| Accusative | pjero | pjerje | pjera |
| Instrumental | pjerom | pjeroma | pjerami |
| Locative | pjerje | pjeroma | pjerach |
Derived terms
- pjeraty
- pjercycko
- pjerchaś
- pjerina
- pjerišćo
- pjerje
- pjerjowiś se
- pjerkaty
- pjerkowaty
- pjerkowiś se
- pjerobalo
- pjerokreslanka
- pjerowaś
- pjerownik
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “ṕero”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “pjero”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag