jostråi̯
Polabian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From singular *jostră. Borrowed from Middle Low German ôsteren, from Old English ēastre. Compare Lower Sorbian jatšy, Upper Sorbian jutry, Kashubian Jastrë, Slovincian Jastrë.
Noun
[edit]jostråi̯ f pl
- (Christianity) Easter (Christian feast)
References
[edit]- Polański, Kazimierz (1971) “jostråi”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 2 (ďüzd – ľotü), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 235
- Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “jostråi”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 76
- Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Gôstráy”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 340