wólša

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • wolša (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *olьxa, *elьxa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos; cognate with Upper Sorbian wólša, Polish olcha, Czech olše, Russian ольха́ (olʹxá), and Old Church Slavonic ѥльха (jelĭxa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛl.ʃa/, /ˈwɨl.ʃa/, (dated) /ˈwʊl.ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlʃa, -ɨlʃa, -ʊlʃa
  • Syllabification: wól‧ša

Noun

wólša f (diminutive wólška)

  1. alder (tree or shrub of genus Alnus)

Declension

Declension of wólša
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative wólša wólšy wólše
Genitive wólše wólšowu wólšow
Dative wólšy wólšoma wólšam
Accusative wólšu wólšy wólše
Instrumental wólšu wólšoma wólšami
Locative wólšy wólšoma wólšach

Further reading

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

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olьxa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwʊlʃa/
  • Rhymes: -ʊlʃa
  • Hyphenation: wól‧ša
  • Syllabification: wól‧ša

Noun

wólša f

  1. (botany) alder (Alnus)

Declension

Declension of wólša (feminine soft stem)
singular dual plural
nominative wólša wólši wólše
genitive wólše wólšow wólšow
dative wólši wólšomaj wólšam
accusative wólšu wólši wólše
instrumental wólšu wólšomaj wólšemi
locative wólši wólšomaj wólšach
vocative wólša wólši wólše

References

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