Upper Sorbian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čȇrvo. Cognate with Lower Sorbian crjowo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃʀʲɛ.wɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛwɔ
  • Syllabification: črje‧wo

Noun

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črjewo n (relational adjective črjewjacy or črjewowy, diminutive črjewko or črjowko or črjowičko)

  1. (anatomy) gut, bowel, intestine
  2. (anatomy, in the plural) guts, insides (each of the viscera of the abdomen or chest)

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Further reading

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  • Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “črjewo”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 87
  • črjewo”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026
  • črjewo” in Soblex