rowny

See also: równy, rōwny, and rŏwny

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *orvьnъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔwnɨ/, [ˈrownɨ]

Adjective

rowny (comparative rownjejšy, superlative nejrownjejšy, adverb rowno)

  1. even (flat and level)
  2. straight (not crooked or bent)

Declension

Declension of rowny
singular dual plural
masculine neuter feminine virile nonvirile virile nonvirile
animate inanimate
nominative
vocative
rowny rowne rowna rownej rowne
genitive rownego
rowneg¹
rowneje
rownej¹
rowneju rownych
dative rownemu
rownem¹
rownej rownyma rownym
accusative rownego
rowneg¹
rowny rowne rownu rowneju rownej rowne, rownych rowne
instrumental rownym rowneju
rownej¹
rownyma rownymi
locative rownem
rownym²
rownej rownyma rownych

¹ poetic, colloquial
² obsolete, dialectal

Further reading

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

Silesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔv.nɪ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔvnɪ
  • Syllabification: row‧ny

Adjective

rowny (not comparable, derived adverb rownie)

  1. simplified spelling of rŏwny