wěstosć

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Lower Sorbian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From wěsty (from earlier jisty, from Proto-Slavic *jistъ (certain)), + -osć. Compare Upper Sorbian wěstosć.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvʲɪstɔst͡ɕ/; (unstressed after a stressed preposition) /vʲɛstɔst͡ɕ/, /jɛstɔst͡ɕ/

Noun

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wěstosć f

  1. certainty, resolution
  2. security, safety

Declension

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Further reading

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