sztërk

Kashubian

Etymology

Cognate with Slovincian sztërk. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtɜrk/
• Rhymes: -ɜrk
• Syllabification: sztërk

Noun

sztërk m inan (diminutive sztëruszk)

1. moment (brief, unspecified amount of time)

   Synonyms: chwila, sztót, moment

Derived terms

adverb

• sztërkama

 

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “chwila”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “chwila”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “sztërk”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Slovincian

Etymology

Possibly related with Latvian stracis (“moment”), often connected to Proto-Slavic *stroka (“row, array, string; linear arrangment, pattern”), compare sztrejk (“strip, line; moment”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtərk/
• Rhymes: -ərk
• Syllabification: sztërk

Noun

sztërk m inan

1. while (uncertain duration of time, period of time)

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “štȧ̃rḱ”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 1183
• Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “štä̀rk”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[3] (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 1184