čerw

See also: cerw

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛʀw/
  • Rhymes: -ɛʀw
  • Hyphenation: čerw
  • Syllabification: čerw

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čь̃rvь.

Noun

čerw m animal (diminutive čerwik) (zoology)

  1. worm
  2. (biology) maggot (embryo that becomes free, normally abandoning the egg shells or the parent organism)
Declension
Derived terms
adjectives
  • čerwi
  • čerwikaty
  • čerwiwy
  • čerwjacy
nouns
  • čerwik m animal
  • čerwišćo n
verbs
  • čerwić impf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

čerw

  1. second/third-person singular imperative of čerwić

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