nadro

See also: ňadro

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nadro. Cognate with Upper Sorbian nadro, Polish nadro, Czech ňadro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnadrɔ]

Noun

nadro n (diminutive nadraško)

  1. breast (of a woman)
    Synonym: bok

Declension

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nadro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈnadro/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈnadro/

Noun

nadro n

  1. (usually in the plural) patches on clothes (especially above waist)
  2. (usually in the plural) heart, soul

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: ňadro

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish nadra.

Pronunciation

Noun

nadro n

  1. (Far Masovian) synonym of zanadrze

Further reading

  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “nadro”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 115