ceło

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

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

ceły +‎ -o.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛwɔ/

Adverb

ceło

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