žerchej

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Upper Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʒɛʀxɛj/
  • Rhymes: -ɛʀxɛj
  • Hyphenation: žer‧chej
  • Syllabification: žer‧chej

Etymology 1

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Uncertain. The form suggests Proto-Slavic *žьrxy. Ultimately possibly from:

Old Polish żerzucha, Old Czech žeřucha and Slovak žerucha suggest Proto-Slavic *žeřuxa (garden cress) (but compare alternative forms Old Polish rzeżucha ~ rzeżycha ~ rzerucha ~ rzerzucha ~ żerucha, Czech řeřicha, hapax Old Slovak žericha). Upper Sorbian žerich (white goosefoot), Lower Sorbian žeruch, žeruš (Ranunculus thora ~ common water crowfoot; cress) suggest Proto-Slavic *žerixъ, *žeruxъ, *žerušь respectively.

Compare also žerlica (woodruff), žerchwica (bittercress (Cardamine)), Lower Sorbian žerglica, žerchlica (cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis)).

Noun

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žerchej f

  1. cress
Declension
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or

Derived terms
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nouns

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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žerchej

  1. dative singular of žerch

Further reading

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  • žerchej” in Soblex
  • Schuster-Šewc, Heinz (1989) “žerchej”, in Historisch-etymologisches Wörterbuch der ober- und niedersorbischen Sprache (in German), numbers 23 (zahroda – žrěbjo), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, →ISBN, page 1790