běrtyl

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• b́ertyl (obsolete)

Etymology

From German Viertel, from Old High German fiorteil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɪrtɨl/

Noun

běrtyl m inan

1. quarter (one fourth)

   Synonym: stwjerś

2. quarter, neighborhood

   Serbski běrtyl ― Wendisches Viertel [Wendish Quarter, a neighborhood of Cottbus]

3. (historical) peck (quarter of a bushel)

Declension

Declension of běrtyl

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	běrtyl	běrtyla	běrtyle
Genitive	běrtyla	běrtylowu	běrtylow
Dative	běrtyloju	běrtyloma	běrtylam
Accusative	běrtyl	běrtyla	běrtyle
Instrumental	běrtylom	běrtyloma	běrtylami
Locative	běrtylu	běrtyloma	běrtylach

Further reading

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