źiśelc
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Lower Sorbian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- źěśelc (superseded)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *dętelьcь, diminutive of *dętelъ, cognate with Upper Sorbian dźećelc, Polish dzięcioł, Czech datel, Serbo-Croatian djȅtlić and Russian дя́тел (djátel).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
źiśelc m animal
- woodpecker (bird in Picinae)
- (specifically) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Declension[edit]
Declension of źiśelc
References[edit]
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “źiśelc”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “źiśelc”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag