górjejce

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• góŕejce (obsolete)
• gorjejce (superseded)

Etymology

From górjej (“upward”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɨrʲɛjt͡sɛ/, [ˈɡɨrʲejt͡sə]; /ˈɡɛrʲɛjt͡sɛ/, [ˈɡɛrʲejt͡sə]; (dated) /ˈɡʊrʲɛjt͡sɛ/, [ˈɡʊrʲejt͡sə]

Adverb

górjejce

1. up, above, upstairs, up there

   Antonym: dołojce

   • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “góŕejce”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008

     Góŕejce na loźe su źiśi.

     Up there on the ice there are children.

Derived terms

• górjejcny

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “górjejce”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag