cerwjeny

See also: čerwjeny

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

cerẃeny, zerwény (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьrvenъ, passive participle of *čьrviti (“to dye red”), from *čьrvь (“worm”), certain worms being used to manufacture red dye.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛrvʲɛnɨ/

Adjective

cerwjeny (comparative cerwjeńšy, superlative nejcerwjeńšy)

red

Declension

Declension of cerwjeny

	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Neuter singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cerwjeny	cerwjena	cerwjene	cerwjenej	cerwjene
Genitive	cerwjenego	cerwjeneje	cerwjenego	cerwjeneju	cerwjenych
Dative	cerwjenemu	cerwjenej	cerwjenemu	cerwjenyma	cerwjenym
Accusative	cerwjeny cerwjenego (animate)	cerwjenu	cerwjene	cerwjenej cerwjeneju (animate)	cerwjene cerwjenych (optional animate form)
Instrumental	cerwjenym	cerwjeneju	cerwjenym	cerwjenyma	cerwjenymi
Locative	cerwjenem	cerwjenej	cerwjenem	cerwjenyma	cerwjenych

Derived terms

cerwjena bušanka f (“ragged robin”)
Cerwjena gwězda f (“Mars”)
cerwjena jagoda f (“lingonberry”)
cerwjena wjerba f (“white dogwood”)
cerwjenak m (“redhead”)
cerwjenawa f (“something colored red”)
Cerwjenawka f (“Little Red Riding Hood”)
cerwjene marzlicki pl (“rubella”)
cerwjene měso n (“lean meat”)
cerwjene pódsłyńco n (“sunset”)
cerwjenik m (“sorrel horse”)
cerwjenina f (“erysipeloid”)
cerwjeniś impf (“to redden (transitive)”)
cerwjenity (“reddish”)
cerwjenjeś impf (“to redden (intransitive)”)
cerwjenka f (“red ant”)
cerwjenkowaty (“reddish”)
cerwjenolickaty (“red-cheeked”)
cerwjenopisany (“red patterned”)
cerwjenosć f (“redness”)
cerwjenosmugaty (“red striped”)
cerwjenowaty (“reddish”)
cerwjenowłosaty (“red-haired”)
cerwjenowy (“wine-red”)
cerwjenučki (“bright red”)
cerwjeny muž m (“scarlet pimpernel”)
cerwjeny tuk m (“ham”)
cerwjeńca f (“common roach”)

Related terms

cerwjeń f (“redness, the color red”)

Further reading

Starosta, Manfred (1999) “cerwjeny”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag