pcha

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *blъxa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pxa/

Noun

pcha f (genitive singular pchy, nominative dual pše, nominative plural pchy)

  1. flea

Declension

Further reading

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

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈpxa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: pcha

Etymology 1

See pchła.

Noun

pcha f

  1. (Podhale, Zakopane) alternative form of pchła

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pcha

  1. third-person singular present of pchać

Further reading

  • Jan Karłowicz (1906), “pchła”, in Jan Łoś, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 4: P, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 66

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpxa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: pcha
  • Syllabification: pcha

Noun

pcha f

  1. obsolete form of tcha

Declension

Further reading

  • pcha”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026
  • pcha” in Soblex