źowćo

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms
  • żȯwcżȯ (obsolete)

Etymology

Cognate with Upper Sorbian dźowćo, Polish dziewczę, Czech děvče, Old Church Slavonic дѣвица (děvica), Russian деви́ца (devíca), Serbo-Croatian d(j)evojka; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *děva (“virgin”). See also źowka (“daughter”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʑowtɕɔ/

Noun

źowćo n pers (diminutive źowćko)

  1. girl

Declension
Declension of źowćo
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative źowćo źowći źowća
Genitive źowća źowćowu źowćow
Dative źowćoju, źowću źowćoma źowćam
Accusative źowćo źowći źowća
Instrumental źowćom źowćoma źowćami
Locative źowću źowćoma źowćach

Coordinate terms

Derived terms
  • źowćaŕ
  • źowćkaŕ
  • źowćowy

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