źeń

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zen"

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dьnь (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʑɛnʲ/, [ʑenʲ]

Noun

źeń m (genitive dnja, diminutive źeńk)

1. day (period of 24 hours; period from midnight to midnight; period between sunrise and sunset)

Declension

Declension of źeń

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	źeń	dnja	dny
Genitive	dnja	dnjowu	dnjow
Dative	dnju	dnjoma	dnjam
Accusative	źeń	dnja	dny
Instrumental	dnjom	dnjoma	dnjami
Locative	dnju	dnjoma	dnjach

Derived terms

• dnjownik
• dnjowny
• dobry źeń
• źenik
• źenjašk

Further reading

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