rjemjeń

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms
  • ŕeḿeń (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *remy. Cognate with Upper Sorbian rjemjeń, Polish rzemień, Czech řemen, Russian реме́нь (reménʹ), Old Church Slavonic ремень (remenĭ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrʲɛmʲɛnʲ/, [ˈrʲemʲenʲ]

Noun

rjemjeń m inan (diminutive rjemjeńk)

  1. strap (long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like)
  2. belt (band used in a machine to help transfer motion or power)

Declension
Declension of rjemjeń
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative rjemjeń rjemjenja rjemjenje
Genitive rjemjenja rjemjenjowu rjemjenjow
Dative rjemjenjoju rjemjenjoma rjemjenjam
Accusative rjemjeń rjemjenja rjemjenje
Instrumental rjemjenjom rjemjenjoma rjemjenjami
Locative rjemjenju rjemjenjoma rjemjenjach

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