pjero

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Lower Sorbian

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pjero

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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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

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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