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