Lower Sorbian edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *xrьbьtъ. Cognate with Lower Sorbian chribjet, Polish grzbiet, Czech hřbet, Slovak chrbát, Russian хребет (xrebet), and Serbo-Croatian hrbat.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɕɛbʲat/, [ˈkɕebʲat]

Noun edit

kśebjat m inan

  1. back (rear of the body; backrest of furniture)

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Further reading edit

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