cerwjeny

See also: čerwjeny

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms
  • cerẃeny (obsolete)
  • zerwény (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьrvenъ, passive participle of *čьrviti (“to dye red”), from *čьrvь (“worm”), certain worms being used to manufacture red dye.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛrvʲɛnɨ/

Adjective

cerwjeny (comparative cerwjeńšy, superlative nejcerwjeńšy)

  1. red

Declension
Declension of cerwjeny
Masculine singular Feminine singular Neuter singular Dual Plural
Nominative cerwjeny cerwjena cerwjene cerwjenej cerwjene
Genitive cerwjenego cerwjeneje cerwjenego cerwjeneju cerwjenych
Dative cerwjenemu cerwjenej cerwjenemu cerwjenyma cerwjenym
Accusative cerwjeny
cerwjenego (animate)		 cerwjenu cerwjene cerwjenej
cerwjeneju (animate)		 cerwjene
cerwjenych (optional animate form)
Instrumental cerwjenym cerwjeneju cerwjenym cerwjenyma cerwjenymi
Locative cerwjenem cerwjenej cerwjenem cerwjenyma cerwjenych

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • cerwjena bušanka f (“ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi)”)
  • Cerwjena gwězda f (“Mars (lit. Red star)”)
  • cerwjena jagoda f (“lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)”)
  • cerwjena wjerba f (“white dogwood (Cornus alba)”)
  • cerwjenak m (“redhead”)
  • cerwjenawa f (“something colored red”)
  • Cerwjenawka f (“Little Red Riding Hood”)
  • cerwjene marzlicki pl (“rubella”)
  • cerwjene měso n (“lean meat”)
  • cerwjene pódsłyńco n (“sunset”)
  • cerwjenik m (“sorrel horse”)
  • cerwjenina f (“erysipeloid”)
  • cerwjeniś impf (“to redden (transitive)”)
  • cerwjenity (“reddish”)
  • cerwjenjeś impf (“to redden (intransitive)”)
  • cerwjenka f (“red ant”)
  • cerwjenkowaty (“reddish”)
  • cerwjenolickaty (“red-cheeked”)
  • cerwjenopisany (“red patterned”)
  • cerwjenosć f (“redness”)
  • cerwjenosmugaty (“red striped”)
  • cerwjenowaty (“reddish”)
  • cerwjenowłosaty (“red-haired”)
  • cerwjenowy (“wine-red”)
  • cerwjenučki (“bright red”)
  • cerwjeny muž m (“scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)”)
  • cerwjeny tuk m (“ham”)
  • cerwjeńca f (“common roach (Rutilus rutilus)”)
  • cerwjeń f (“redness, the color red”)

Further reading
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “cerwjeny”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
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