kšaj

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʃaj]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *krajь (“edge, end”). Doublet of kraj, which was borrowed from Upper Sorbian.

Noun

kšaj m inan

1. region, land

   Synonym: kraj

References

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kšaj”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kšaj”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Etymology 2

Verb

kšaj

1. second-person singular imperative of kšajaś