kwět

See also: kwet

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *květъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kvʲɪt/

Noun

kwět m inan (diminutive kwětk)

1. (rare) flower
2. (rare) blossom

Usage notes

The diminutive kwětk is much more commonly used.

Declension

Declension of kwět

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kwět	kwěta	kwěty
Genitive	kwěta	kwětowu	kwětow
Dative	kwětoju	kwětoma	kwětam
Accusative	kwět	kwěta	kwěty
Instrumental	kwětom	kwětoma	kwětami
Locative	kwěśe	kwětoma	kwětach

Further reading

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

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kvě̑tъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt
• Hyphenation: kwět
• Syllabification: kwět

Noun

kwět m inan

1. (botany) blossom, flower (plant organ of sexual reproduction of higher plants, generally composed of sepals, petals, stamens and gynoecium)

Declension

Declension of kwět (masculine hard stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kwět	kwětaj	kwěty
genitive	kwěta	kwětow	kwětow
dative	kwětej	kwětomaj	kwětam
accusative	kwět	kwětaj	kwěty
instrumental	kwětom	kwětomaj	kwětami
locative	kwěće	kwětomaj	kwětach
vocative	kwěto, kwěće	kwětaj	kwěty

References

• “kwět” in Soblex