pódomk

Lower Sorbian
FWOTD – 25 November 2014

Alternative forms
  • podomk (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *podomъkъ, from *po + *domъ (“house”) + *-kъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian podomk and Czech podomek (“house servant”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɨdɔmk/, /ˈpɛdɔmk/, (dated) /ˈpʊdɔmk/

Noun

pódomk m inan

  1. (uncountable) furnishings and furniture; contents of a household
    • 1868, Kito Šwjela, “Dawaś jo zbóžnjej ak braś”, republished 2009 in Nowy Casnik, 22 December 2009:
      Ja som južo wšykno za carobu zepśedawała, to jo mój slědny pódomk.
      I have already sold everything for food; this is the last of my household goods.

Declension
Declension of pódomk
singular (uncountable)
Nominative pódomk
Genitive pódomka
Dative pódomkoju
Accusative pódomk
Instrumental pódomkom
Locative pódomku

References
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “pódomk”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
  • Schuster-Šewc, Heinz (1985) “podomk”, in Historisch-etymologisches Wörterbuch der ober- und niedersorbischen Sprache [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Upper and Lower Sorbian Language] (in German), numbers 15 (płóń – přatr), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, →ISBN, page 1115
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