lěwy
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *lěvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂iwos. Cognate with Upper Sorbian lěwy, Polish lewy, Czech levý, Russian левый (levyj), Old Church Slavonic лѣвъ (lěvŭ), Ancient Greek λαιός (laiós) and Latin laevus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɪwɨ/, [ˈlʲɪwɨ]
Adjective
lěwy (adverb lěwo)
- left (opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | virile | nonvirile | ||||
| animate | inanimate | |||||||||
| nominative vocative |
lěwy | lěwe | lěwa | lěwej | lěwe | |||||
| genitive | lěwego lěweg¹ |
lěweje lěwej¹ |
lěweju | lěwych | ||||||
| dative | lěwemu lěwem¹ |
lěwej | lěwyma | lěwym | ||||||
| accusative | lěwego lěweg¹ |
lěwy | lěwe | lěwu | lěweju | lěwej | lěwe, lěwych | lěwe | ||
| instrumental | lěwym | lěweju lěwej¹ |
lěwyma | lěwymi | ||||||
| locative | lěwem lěwym² |
lěwej | lěwyma | lěwych | ||||||
¹ poetic, colloquial
² obsolete, dialectal
Antonyms
References
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “lěwy”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag