pjero

Lower Sorbian

pjero

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pero, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (feather, wing), from *peth₂- (to fly). The sense ‘spring’ is a semantic loan from German Feder.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʲɛrɔ/

Noun

pjero n (diminutive pjerko)

  1. feather (branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds)
  2. nib (tip of a pen)
  3. spring (device made of flexible material)

Declension

Derived terms

  • pjeraty
  • pjerchaś
  • pjercycko
  • pjerina
  • pjerišćo
  • pjerje
  • pjerjowiś se
  • pjerkaty
  • pjerkowaty
  • pjerkowiś se
  • pjerobalo
  • pjerokreslanka
  • pjerowaś
  • pjerownik

Further reading

  • ṕero 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.
  • pjero in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
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