cłowjek

See also: čłowjek

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• cłoẃek (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡swɔvʲɛk/, /ˈt͡swɔjɛk/

Noun

cłowjek m anim (nominative plural (human) luźe or (husband) cłowjeki, diminutive cłowjeck)

1. (literary) man (human)

   Synonym: luź (more common term)

2. husband

Declension

Declension of cłowjek

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cłowjek	cłowjeka	cłowjeki
Genitive	cłowjeka	cłowjekowu	cłowjekow
Dative	cłowjekoju	cłowjekoma	cłowjekam
Accusative	cłowjeka	cłowjekowu	cłowjeki, cłowjekow
Instrumental	cłowjekom	cłowjekoma	cłowjekami
Locative	cłowjeku	cłowjekoma	cłowjekach

Coordinate terms

• (husband): žeńska

Further reading

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