źeń

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zen"

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dьnь (“day”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʑɛnʲ/, [ʑenʲ]

Noun

źeń m inan (genitive singular dnja, diminutive źeńk)

day (period of 24 hours; period from midnight to midnight; period between sunrise and sunset)

Declension

Declension of źeń

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	źeń	dnja	dny
Genitive	dnja	dnjowu	dnjow
Dative	dnju	dnjoma	dnjam
Accusative	źeń	dnja	dny
Instrumental	dnjom	dnjoma	dnjami
Locative	dnju	dnjoma	dnjach

Derived terms

dnjownik
dnjowny
dobry źeń
źenik
źenjašk

Further reading

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

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