dźiw

See also: dziw

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

dźiw m inan

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

  • dźiw dźiw

Interjection

dźiw

  1. tweet, chirp (sound of a sparrow)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dźiw

  1. second/third-person singular imperative of dźiwić

References

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