zeleznica

See also: železnica

Lower Sorbian

FWOTD – 29 June 2022

Etymology

From zelezo (“iron”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛlɛznʲit͡sa/

Noun

zeleznica f (diminutive zeleznicka)

1. railway, railroad (transport system using parallel rails)
2. sedge (plant of the genus Carex)
3. purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

Declension

Declension of zeleznica

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	zeleznica	zeleznicy	zeleznice
Genitive	zeleznice	zeleznicowu	zeleznicow
Dative	zeleznicy	zeleznicoma	zeleznicam
Accusative	zeleznicu	zeleznicy	zeleznice
Instrumental	zeleznicu	zeleznicoma	zeleznicami
Locative	zeleznicy	zeleznicoma	zeleznicach

Derived terms

• zeleznicaŕ m (“railwayman, railroader”)
• zeleznicny (“pertaining to the railroad”)
• zeleznicowy (“pertaining to the railroad”)
• zelezniski (“pertaining to the railroad”)

Further reading

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