chlěw

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See also: chlew and chléw

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xlěvъ (“(animal) shelter, cowshed”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian chlěw, Polish chlew, Czech chlév, Slovene hlev, Russian хлев (xlev).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xlɪw/, [xlʲɪw]

Noun

chlěw m inan

stall (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed)

Declension

Declension of chlěw

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	chlěw	chlěwa	chlěwy
Genitive	chlěwa	chlěwowu	chlěwow
Dative	chlěwoju	chlěwoma	chlěwam
Accusative	chlěw	chlěwa	chlěwy
Instrumental	chlěwom	chlěwoma	chlěwami
Locative	chlěwje	chlěwoma	chlěwach

Synonyms

groź

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