slě

See also: sle, SLE, and šle

Lower Sorbian

FWOTD – 28 July 2021

Etymology

Cognate with Polish szelki, Czech šle, and the Slavic source of Yiddish שלייקעס (shleykes).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slʲɪ/

Noun

slě ? pl

1. breast harness for horses
2. suspenders, braces (strap for holding up trousers)

Declension

Declension of slě

	plural (plurale tantum)
Nominative	slě
Genitive	slow
Dative	slam
Accusative	slě
Instrumental	slami
Locative	slach

Further reading

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