pjas

See also: pjäs

Lower Sorbian

pjas

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲas]

Noun

pjas m animal (genitive singular psa, nominative plural psy, diminutive psyk)

1. dog

Declension

Declension of pjas

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	pjas	psa	psy
Genitive	psa	psowu	psow
Dative	psoju	psoma	psam
Accusative	psa	psowu	psy
Instrumental	psom	psoma	psami
Locative	psu	psoma	psach

Hyponyms

• beja f (“bitch, female dog”)
• chart m (“greyhound”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• pjasnuś se (“to behave like a dog”)
• psowaŕ (“dog breeder, dog lover”)
• psowic (“alder buckthorn”)
• psowisko (augmentative)
• psowjeńc (“dog kennel”)
• psowy (“canine, of dogs”)
• psycašk, psyck (diminutive)
• psyckaŕ (“dog fanatic”)

Further reading

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