rězyna

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rězina (from *rězati (“to cut”)); compare Upper Sorbian rězyna; Polabian rezáina; reznó; Czech řeziny (“sawdust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrʲɪzɨna/

Noun

rězyna f

1. sharp edge (of knife, sword etc.)
2. sawgrass, sedge
3. (specifically) hairy sedge (Carex hirta)

Declension

Declension of rězyna

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	rězyna	rězynje	rězyny
Genitive	rězyny	rězynowu	rězynow
Dative	rězynje	rězynoma	rězynam
Accusative	rězynu	rězynje	rězyny
Instrumental	rězynu	rězynoma	rězynami
Locative	rězynje	rězynoma	rězynach

Related terms

• rězaś (“to cut”)

Further reading

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