prědk

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *perdъkъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian prědk, Polish przodek, Czech předek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prʲɪtk/

Noun

prědk m inan

1. front (foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves)
2. (specifically) the front of a traditional Lower Sorbian skirt, which is protected by an apron and can therefore be made of lower-quality material
3. (chiefly in the dual) breast (organs on the front of a woman’s chest, which contain the mammary glands)

Declension

Declension of prědk

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	prědk	prědka	prědki
Genitive	prědka	prědkowu	prědkow
Dative	prědkoju	prědkoma	prědkam
Accusative	prědk	prědka	prědki
Instrumental	prědkom	prědkoma	prědkami
Locative	prědku	prědkoma	prědkach

Synonyms

• (breast): bok

Further reading

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