wutšoba

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• hutschoba (obsolete)
• hutšoba (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ǫtroba (“entrails”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian wutroba (“heart”), Polish wątroba (“liver”), Russian утро́ба (utróba, “womb, belly”), Old Church Slavonic ѫтроба (ǫtroba, “viscera, womb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈut͡ʃɔba/

Noun

wutšoba f (diminutive wutšobka)

1. heart

Declension

Declension of wutšoba

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	wutšoba	wutšobje	wutšoby
Genitive	wutšoby	wutšobowu	wutšobow
Dative	wutšobje	wutšoboma	wutšobam
Accusative	wutšobu	wutšobje	wutšoby
Instrumental	wutšobu	wutšoboma	wutšobami
Locative	wutšobje	wutšoboma	wutšobach

Synonyms

• serce (archaic)

Derived terms

• wutšobicka
• wutšobiny
• wutšobity
• wutšobnosć
• wutšobny

References

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wutšoba”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag