jastśeb

Lower Sorbian

FWOTD – 29 January 2017

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)astrębъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian jatřob, Polish jastrząb, Czech jestřáb, Serbo-Croatian jȁstrēb, Russian я́стреб (jástreb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjas.t͡ɕɛp/
  • Rhymes: -ast͡ɕɛp
  • Syllabification: jas‧tśeb

Noun

jastśeb m anim (genitive singular jastśebja, diminutive jastśebik)

  1. hawk
    • 2016 June 15, I. Neumannojc, “Jastśeb jo gołubjarjam ako rybakarjam kormoran”, in Nowy Casnik‎[1], number 24, page 4:
      Gaž jastśeb abo sokoł se pśibližyjo, wón jogo na taki part wušakajo.
      If a hawk or falcon comes near, he drives it away in this manner.
  2. (colloquial) policeman

Declension

Declension of jastśeb
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative jastśeb jastśebja jastśebje
Genitive jastśebja jastśebjowu jastśebjow
Dative jastśebjoju jastśebjoma jastśebjam
Accusative jastśebja jastśebjowu jastśebje, jastśebjow
Instrumental jastśebjom jastśebjoma jastśebjami
Locative jastśebju jastśebjoma jastśebjach

Further reading

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