kśemjeń

Lower Sorbian
kśemjeń

Alternative forms
  • kśeḿeń (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kremy; cognate with Upper Sorbian křemjeń, Polish krzemień, Czech křemen (“quartz”), Russian креме́нь (kreménʹ), Serbo-Croatian krȅmēn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɕɛmʲɛnʲ/, [ˈkɕemʲenʲ]

Noun

kśemjeń m inan (diminutive kśemušk)

  1. flint (hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck)

Declension
Declension of kśemjeń
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative kśemjeń kśemjenja kśemjenje
Genitive kśemjenja kśemjenjowu kśemjenjow
Dative kśemjenjoju kśemjenjoma kśemjenjam
Accusative kśemjeń kśemjenja kśemjenje
Instrumental kśemjenjom kśemjenjoma kśemjenjami
Locative kśemjenju kśemjenjoma kśemjenjach

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