žorawa

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Lower Sorbian

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žorawa

Etymology

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From a variant of Proto-Slavic *žeravъ (crane), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂ōws. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žeraw, Polish żuraw, Slovak žeriav, Serbo-Croatian žèrāv, and Russian жура́вль (žurávlʹ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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žorawa f animal

  1. crane (bird)

Declension

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Further reading

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