znamje

Lower Sorbian
FWOTD – 31 May 2013

Alternative forms
  • znaḿe (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *znamę; synchronically analyzable as znaś (“to know”) +‎ -mje. Cognate with Upper Sorbian znamjo, Polish znamię, and Old Czech známě.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈznamʲɛ/, [ˈznamʲə]

Noun

znamje n (genitive znamjenja, diminutive znamješko)

  1. mark, characteristic
    • 2007-04-04, “Pyšnjenje jatšownych jajkow”, Nowy Casnik vol 59, no. 14, p. 7:
      Pśi tom móžośo zgóniś, kaki pótajmny wóznam maju znamjenja na jajkach.
      That is where you can find out what secret meaning the marks on the eggs have.
  2. a distinguishing or characteristic landmark
    • 1998, Erwin Hannusch, Niedersorbisch praktisch und verständlich, Bautzen: Domowina Verlag, →ISBN, chapter 1, page 20:
      Wón jo znamje Chóśebuza.
      It is the distinguishing landmark of Cottbus.
  3. mole (dark spot on the skin)

Declension
declension of znamje
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative znamje znamjeni znamjenja
Genitive znamjenja znamjenjowu znamjenjow
Dative znamjenjeju znamjenjoma znamjenjam
Accusative znamje znamjeni znamjenja
Instrumental znamjenim znamjenjoma znamjenjami
Locative znamjenju znamjenjoma znamjenjach

Further reading
  • znaḿe 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.
  • znamje in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
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