źowćo
Lower Sorbian
editAlternative forms
edit- żȯwcżȯ (obsolete)
Etymology
editCognate with Upper Sorbian dźowćo, Polish dziewczę, Czech děvče, Old Church Slavonic дѣвица (děvica), Russian деви́ца (devíca), Serbo-Croatian d(j)evojka; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *děva (“virgin”). See also źowka (“daughter”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editźowćo n (diminutive źowćko)
Declension
editDeclension of źowćo
Coordinate terms
edit- gólc (“boy”)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “źowćo”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “źowćo”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag