chlěb

See also: chleb and chléb

Lower Sorbian

Noun

chlěb m inan

1. (archaic, dialectal) Alternative form of klěb

Upper Sorbian

chlěb

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰlɪp/
• Rhymes: -ɪp
• Hyphenation: chlěb
• Syllabification: chlěb

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xlě̀bъ, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz.

Noun

chlěb m inan (diminutive chlěbičk or chlěbk, related adjective chlěbowy)

1. bread (food made from kneaded wheat flour or other cereals, usually fermented and baked in the oven)

   Myška žerješe chlěb, kiž na blidźe steješe. ― The mouse ate the bread that stood on the table.

Declension

Declension of chlěb (masculine hard stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	chlěb	chlěbaj	chlěby
genitive	chlěba	chlěbow	chlěbow
dative	chlěbej	chlěbomaj	chlěbam
accusative	chlěb	chlěbaj	chlěby
instrumental	chlěbom	chlěbomaj	chlěbami
locative	chlěbje	chlěbomaj	chlěbach
vocative	chlěbo, chlěbje	chlěbaj	chlěby

Derived terms

adjectives

• chlěbowy

 

nouns

• chlěbičk m inan
• chlěbk m inan
• chlěbnik m inan
• chlěbowc m inan
• chlěbownik m inan
• chlěbownja f
• chlěbušk m inan

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chlěb

1. second/third-person singular imperative of chlěbić

References

• “chlěb” in Soblex