chóšć

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xvoščь; cognate with Russian хвощ (xvošč, horsetail); Polish chwoszcze, chwoszczka (horsetail); Polabian ch́üst.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɛɕt͡ɕ/, /ˈxɨɕt͡ɕ/, (dated) /ˈxʊɕt͡ɕ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɕt͡ɕ, -ɨɕt͡ɕ, -ʊɕt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: chóšć

Noun

chóšć m inan (diminutive chóšćik)

  1. broom (Fabaceae shrub)

Declension

Further reading

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