chóšć

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xvoščь; cognate with Russian хвощ (xvošč, “horsetail”); Polish chwoszcze, chwoszczka (“horsetail”); Polabian ch́üst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɨɕt͡ɕ/, /xɛɕt͡ɕ/, /xʊɕt͡ɕ/

Noun

chóšć m inan (diminutive chóšćik)

1. broom (Fabaceae shrub)

Declension

Declension of chóšć

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	chóšć	chóšća	chóšće
Genitive	chóšća	chóšćowu	chóšćow
Dative	chóšćoju	chóšćoma	chóšćam
Accusative	chóšć	chóšća	chóšće
Instrumental	chóšćom	chóšćoma	chóšćami
Locative	chóšću	chóšćoma	chóšćach

Further reading

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