pjero

Lower Sorbian
pjero

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pero, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The sense ‘spring’ is a semantic loan from German Feder.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpʲɛrɔ/

Noun

pjero n inan (diminutive pjerko)

  1. feather (branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds)
  2. nib (tip of a pen)
  3. spring (device made of flexible material)

Declension
Declension of pjero
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative pjero pjerje pjera
Genitive pjera pjerowu pjerow
Dative pjeroju, pjeru pjeroma pjeram
Accusative pjero pjerje pjera
Instrumental pjerom pjeroma pjerami
Locative pjerje pjeroma pjerach

Derived terms
  • pjeraty
  • pjercycko
  • pjerchaś
  • pjerina
  • pjerišćo
  • pjerje
  • pjerjowiś se
  • pjerkaty
  • pjerkowaty
  • pjerkowiś se
  • pjerobalo
  • pjerokreslanka
  • pjerowaś
  • pjerownik

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