pcha

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• bcha (dialectal)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *blъxa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pxa/

Noun

pcha f (genitive singular pchy, nominative dual pše, nominative plural pchy)

1. flea

Declension

Declension of pcha

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	pcha	pše	pchy
Genitive	pchy	pchowu	pchow
Dative	pše	pchoma	pcham
Accusative	pchu	pše	pchy
Instrumental	pchu	pchoma	pchami
Locative	pše	pchoma	pchach

Further reading

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

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpxa/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Podhale) IPA^(key): [ˈpxa]

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pcha

Etymology 1

See pchła.

Noun

pcha f

1. (Podhale, Zakopane) alternative form of pchła

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pcha

1. third-person singular present of pchać

Further reading

• Jan Karłowicz (1906), “pchła”, in Jan Łoś, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 4: P, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 66

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpxa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: pcha
• Syllabification: pcha

Noun

pcha f

1. obsolete form of tcha

Declension

Declension of pcha (feminine velar stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pcha	pšě	pchi
genitive	pchi	pchow	pchow
dative	pšě	pchomaj	pcham
accusative	pchu	pšě	pchi
instrumental	pchu	pchomaj	pchami
locative	pšě	pchomaj	pchach
vocative	pcha	pšě	pchi

Further reading

• “pcha”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026
• “pcha” in Soblex