śěsny

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Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *těsnъ (narrow). Cognate with Upper Sorbian ćěsny, Polish ciasny, Czech těsný, Serbo-Croatian tijésan, and Russian те́сный (tésnyj).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

śěsny (comparative śěsnjejšy, superlative nejśěsnjejšy, adverb śěsno)

  1. tight, cramped
  2. frightened, anxious

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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