paśpula

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From a variant of Proto-Slavic *perpelъ (“quail”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian pocpula, Polish przepiórka, Czech křepelka, Serbo-Croatian prȅpelica, and Russian пе́репел (pérepel).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɕpula/

Noun

paśpula f animal (diminutive paśpulka)

  1. quail (any of several small game birds)
  2. (specifically) common quail (Coturnix coturnix)

Declension
declension of paśpula
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative paśpula paśpuli paśpule
Genitive paśpule paśpulowu paśpulow
Dative paśpuli paśpuloma paśpulam
Accusative paśpulu paśpuli paśpule
Instrumental paśpulu paśpuloma paśpulami
Locative paśpuli paśpuloma paśpulach

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