pjas

See also: pjäs

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʲas/
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: pjas

Noun

pjas m anim (genitive singular psa, nominative plural psy, diminutive psyk)

  1. dog

Declension

Hyponyms

  • beja f (bitch, female dog)
  • chart m (greyhound)

Derived terms

  • pjasnuś se (to behave like a dog)
  • psowaŕ (dog breeder, dog lover)
  • psowic (alder buckthorn)
  • psowisko (augmentative)
  • psowjeńc (dog kennel)
  • psowy (canine, of dogs)
  • psycašk, psyck (diminutive)
  • psyckaŕ (dog fanatic)

Further reading

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