kołp

See also: kolp, Kolp, and kôłp

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from Upper Sorbian kołp. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kъlpь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔwp/
  • Rhymes: -ɔwp
  • Syllabification: kołp

Noun

kołp m anim (genitive singular kołpja, nominative plural kołpje)

  1. (dialectal) swan (waterfowl of genus Cygnus)

Declension

Synonyms

References

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

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъlpь. Cognate with Kashubian kôłp and Russian ко́лпик (kólpik).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔwp/

Noun

kołp m animal (genitive singular kołpja, nominative plural kołpje)

  1. swan (waterfowl of genus Cygnus)

Descendants

  • Lower Sorbian: kołp

Further reading

Vilamovian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German kalb, from Proto-West Germanic *kalb, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *golbʰos. Cognate with German Kalb.

Noun

kołp n (plural kełwyn)

  1. calf