wjelk

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms
  • ẃelk (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vʲɛlk/, [vʲelk]; /jɛlk/, [jelk]

Noun

wjelk m (feminine equivalent wjelcyca)

  1. wolf
  2. dry rot

Declension
Declension of wjelk
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative wjelk wjelka wjelki
Genitive wjelka wjelkowu wjelkow
Dative wjelkoju wjelkoma wjelkam
Accusative wjelka wjelkowu wjelki, wjelkow
Instrumental wjelkom wjelkoma wjelkami
Locative wjelku wjelkoma wjelkach

Derived terms
  • wjelceńc
  • wjelcyšćo
  • wjelkowaty
  • wjelkowy

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

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Noun

wjelk m

  1. wolf

Further reading
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