jeglicka

Lower Sorbian

FWOTD – 23 October 2018

Etymology

jegła +‎ -ica +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛɡlit͡ska/, [ˈjɛɡlʲit͡ska]

Noun

jeglicka f

  1. needle (leaf of a conifer) (more common in this sense than jegła)
  2. diminutive of jegła

Declension

  • glicka f (sewing needle)
  • jeglina f (collective)

Further reading

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