wěstota

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Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From wěsty (from earlier jisty, from Proto-Slavic *jistъ (“certain”)), + -ota. Compare Upper Sorbian wěstota, Polish istota, Czech jistota.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈvʲɪstɔta/; (unstressed after a stressed preposition) /vʲɛstɔta/, /jɛstɔta/

Noun[edit]

wěstota f inan

  1. Alternative form of wěstosć (“certainty, security”)

Declension[edit]

Declension of wěstota
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative wěstota wěstośe wěstoty
Genitive wěstoty wěstotowu wěstotow
Dative wěstośe wěstotoma wěstotam
Accusative wěstotu wěstośe wěstoty
Instrumental wěstotu wěstotoma wěstotami
Locative wěstośe wěstotoma wěstotach

Further reading[edit]

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