wrobel

See also: Wrobel, wróbel, and Wróbel

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vorbьľь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.bɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔbɛl
  • Syllabification: wro‧bel

Noun

wrobel m anim (genitive singular wrobela or wrobla, diminutive wroblik)

  1. sparrow

Declension

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Derived terms

  • wroble (baby sparrow)
  • wroblišk (diminutive)
  • wrobliškowy (of sparrows)
  • wroblowaś (to scold)

Further reading

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