źiśelc
Appearance
Lower Sorbian
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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[edit]- źěśelc (superseded)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 anim
- 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