ceło

ceło

See also: celo, celó, ćelo, celò, ĉelo, čelo, and ćěło

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• zelo (obsolete)

Etymology

ceły +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛwɔ/

Adverb

ceło

1. wholly, completely, right (exactly, precisely)
   • 1998, Erwin Hannusch, Niedersorbisch praktisch und verständlich, Bautzen: Domowina Verlag, →ISBN, chapter 1, page 19:

     Ceło blisko jo Grodkojska droga.

     Right nearby is Spremberger Street.

2. always, continuously; (with a comparative adjective) ever, increasingly

   Ceło mě moliš. ― You’re always bothering me.

   ceło góršy ― worse and worse

   ceło wušej ― higher and higher

   ceło mjenjej ― fewer and fewer

Further reading

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