dźiw

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See also: dziw

Upper Sorbian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiw/
  • Rhymes: -iw
  • Syllabification: dźiw

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dȋvъ (astonishment; wonder, miracle). Cognate with Lower Sorbian źiw.

Noun[edit]

dźiw m inan

  1. miracle, wonder
    Čehodla njewěriš do dźiwow?
    Why don't you believe in miracles?
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divъ (tweet, chirp). Cognate with Lower Sorbian źiw.

Alternative forms[edit]

Interjection[edit]

dźiw

  1. tweet, chirp (sound of a sparrow)

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

dźiw

  1. second/third-person singular imperative of dźiwić

References[edit]

  • Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “dźiw”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 187
  • Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “dźiw dźiw”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch[2] (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 187
  • dźiw” in Soblex