pjero

Lower Sorbian

pjero

Alternative forms

• péro, ṕero (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pero, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The sense ‘spring’ is a semantic loan from German Feder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɛrɔ/

Noun

pjero n (diminutive pjerko)

1. feather (branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds)
2. nib (tip of a pen)
3. spring (device made of flexible material)

Declension

Declension of pjero

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	pjero	pjerje	pjera
Genitive	pjera	pjerowu	pjerow
Dative	pjeroju, pjeru	pjeroma	pjeram
Accusative	pjero	pjerje	pjera
Instrumental	pjerom	pjeroma	pjerami
Locative	pjerje	pjeroma	pjerach

Derived terms

• pjeraty
• pjercycko
• pjerchaś
• pjerina
• pjerišćo
• pjerje
• pjerjowiś se
• pjerkaty
• pjerkowaty
• pjerkowiś se
• pjerobalo
• pjerokreslanka
• pjerowaś
• pjerownik

 

Further reading

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

Upper Sorbian

pjero (1)

pjero (2)

pjero (3)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *però. Sense 3 is a semantic loan from German Feder. Cognate with Lower Sorbian pjero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjɛʀɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɛʀɔ
• Hyphenation: pje‧ro
• Syllabification: pje‧ro

Noun

pjero n (diminutive pjerko, related adjective pjerkowy or pjerowy or pjerkojty)

1. (ornithology, zoology) feather (each of the cutaneous organs that cover the body of birds, protecting it and allowing the execution and guidance of flight)
2. penholder (rod on which the nibs are inserted to write)

   Synonym: troska

4. spring (piece of steel or other material with elasticity, generally laminar, or in the form of wire, which is used to imprint movements, cushion shocks, secure, return an object to the place from which it was moved, etc.)

Declension

Declension of pjero (neuter hard stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pjero	pjerje	pjera
genitive	pjera	pjerow	pjerow
dative	pjeru	pjeromaj	pjeram
accusative	pjero	pjerje	pjera
instrumental	pjerom	pjeromaj	pjerami
locative	pjerje	pjeromaj	pjerach
vocative	pjero	pjerje	pjera

Derived terms

nouns

• pjerjo n

 

References

• “pjero” in Soblex