źeń
See also: zen, Zen, zeń, zèn, zěn, žen, žeň, and zen-
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dьnь (“day”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʑɛnʲ/, [ʑenʲ]
Noun
źeń m (genitive dnja, diminutive źeńk)
- day (period of 24 hours; period from midnight to midnight; period between sunrise and sunset)
Declension
Declension of źeń
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | źeń | dnja | dny |
Genitive | dnja | dnjowu | dnjow |
Dative | dnju | dnjoma | dnjam |
Accusative | źeń | dnja | dny |
Instrumental | dnjom | dnjoma | dnjami |
Locative | dnju | dnjoma | dnjach |
Derived terms
- dnjownik
- dnjowny
- dobry źeń
- źenik
- źenjašk
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “źeń”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “źeń”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag