kawč

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from English couch, from Old French couche, from the verb se couchier (“go to bed”), earlier colchier, from Latin collocō (“place, position, settle”), from con- + locus (“place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kawt͡ʃ/

Noun

kawč f

1. couch

Declension

Declension of kawč

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kawč	kawčy	kawčy
Genitive	kawčy	kawčowu	kawčow
Dative	kawčy	kawčoma	kawčam
Accusative	kawč	kawčy	kawčy
Instrumental	kawču	kawčoma	kawčami
Locative	kawčy	kawčoma	kawčach

References

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