swětki

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • sswėtki (obsolete)

Etymology

Plural of swětk (“holiday, holy day”), from swěty (“holy”), from Proto-Slavic *svętъ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsvʲɪtkʲi/

Noun

swětki pl

  1. (Christianity) Pentecost (Christian festival)

Declension

Declension of swětki
plural (plurale tantum)
Nominative swětki
Genitive swětkow
Dative swětkam
Accusative swětki
Instrumental swětkami
Locative swětkach

Derived terms

  • swětkownica
  • swětkowny

Further reading

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