jastśeb

Lower Sorbian

FWOTD – 29 January 2017

jastśeb

Alternative forms

jastśeb́ (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)astrębъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian jatřob, Polish jastrząb, Czech jestřáb, Serbo-Croatian jȁstrēb, Russian я́стреб (jástreb).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjast͡ɕɛp/

Noun

jastśeb m (genitive jastśebja, diminutive jastśebik)

hawk
- 15 June 2016, I. Neumannojc, Nowy Casnik, no. 24, p. 4, “Jastśeb jo gołubjarjam ako rybakarjam kormoran”:
  Gaž jastśeb abo sokoł se pśibližyjo, wón jogo na taki part wušakajo.
  If a hawk or falcon comes near, he drives it away in this manner.
(colloquial) policeman

Declension

Declension of jastśeb

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	jastśeb	jastśebja	jastśebje
Genitive	jastśebja	jastśebjowu	jastśebjow
Dative	jastśebjoju	jastśebjoma	jastśebjam
Accusative	jastśebja	jastśebjowu	jastśebje, jastśebjow
Instrumental	jastśebjom	jastśebjoma	jastśebjami
Locative	jastśebju	jastśebjoma	jastśebjach

Further reading

jastśeb́ in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
jastśeb in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

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