woblico

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• hoblico (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *obličьje (compare Polish oblicze, Czech obličej, Slovak obličaj, Russian обли́чье (oblíčʹje, “image, character, look”), Ukrainian обли́ччя (oblýččja), Belarusian аблі́чча (ablíčča)), from Proto-Slavic *lice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔblit͡sɔ/, [ˈɔblʲit͡sɔ]

Noun

woblico n (diminutive woblicko)

1. face (front part of the head)

Declension

Declension of woblico

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	woblico	woblicy	woblica
Genitive	woblica	woblicowu	woblicow
Dative	woblicoju, woblicu	woblicoma	woblicam
Accusative	woblico	woblicy	woblica
Instrumental	woblicom	woblicoma	woblicami
Locative	woblicu	woblicoma	woblicach

Derived terms

• woblicowy

Further reading

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