chórgoj

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • chórugoj (dated)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xorǫgy. Cognate with Polish chorągiew, Czech korouhev, Serbo-Croatian hòrugva, Russian хору́гвь (xorúgvʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɛr.ɡɔj/, /ˈxɨr.ɡɔj/, (dated) /ˈxʊr.ɡɔj/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrɡɔj, -ɨrɡɔj, -ʊrɡɔj
  • Syllabification: chór‧goj

Noun

chórgoj f (diminutive chórgojcka)

  1. (literary) flag, banner

Declension

Further reading

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