pólšćina

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • polšćina (superseded)

Etymology

pól(ski) +‎ -šćina

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛl.ɕt͡ɕi.na/, /ˈpɨl.ɕt͡ɕi.na/, (dated) /ˈpʊl.ɕt͡ɕi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlɕt͡ɕina, -ɨlɕt͡ɕina, -ʊlɕt͡ɕina
  • Syllabification: pól‧šći‧na

Proper noun

pólšćina f

  1. Polish (language)

Declension

Further reading

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

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From pólski +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʊl.ʃt͡ʃi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ʊlʃt͡ʃina
  • Syllabification: pól‧šći‧na

Noun

pólšćina f

  1. the Polish language
    Synonym: pólska rěč
    • 2004, Cordula Ratajczak, Mühlroser Generationen: deutsch-sorbische Überlebensstrategien in einem Lausitzer Tagebaugebiet[1], →ISBN, page 221:
      Čłowjek pak so nadźija, zo so hospodarske styki z wuchodom dale wuwija, a potom su znajomosće delnjoserbšćiny wězo wužitne, ćim bóle, dokelž je wona pólšćina dosć bliska.
      But people hope that economic contacts with the East will continue to develop, and then knowledge of Lower Sorbian will of course be useful, especially since it is quite close to Polish.

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
  • pólšćinar m pers, pólšćinarka f

Further reading

  • pólšćina”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2025
  • pólšćina” in Soblex