zeleznica

See also: železnica

Lower Sorbian

FWOTD – 29 June 2022

Etymology

From zelezo (“iron”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛlɛznʲit͡sa/

Noun

zeleznica f inan (diminutive zeleznicka)

  1. railway, railroad (transport system using parallel rails)
  2. sedge (plant of the genus Carex)
  3. purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

Declension

Derived terms

  • zeleznicaŕ m (“railwayman, railroader”)
  • zeleznicny (“pertaining to the railroad”)
  • zeleznicowy (“pertaining to the railroad”)
  • zelezniski (“pertaining to the railroad”)

Further reading

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