lewi

See also: Lewi

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-wósder.

Proto-Slavic *lě̑vъ

Kashubian lewi

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̑vъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.vi/
• Rhymes: -ɛvi
• Syllabification: le‧wi

Adjective

lewi (not comparable, derived adverb lewò)

1. left (located on the side where the heart is normally located)

   Coordinate term: prawi

2. dirty (illegal, unlawful, false, counterfeit)
3. (of a voice) low; bassy
4. (of a door) left-handed (opened with one's left hand)
5. inside (being the underside, inner side of fabric, material, or clothing; on the side pointing towards one's body)

Declension

Declension of lewi (hard)

	singular					plural
	masculine		feminine	neuter		virile	non-virile
	animate	inanimate
nominative	lewi		lewô	lewé		lewi	lewé
genitive	lewégò		lewi	lewégò		lewëch
dative	lewémù		lewi	lewémù		lewim
accusative	lewégò	lewi	lewą	lewé		lewëch	lewé
instrumental	lewim		lewą	lewim		lewima
locative	lewim		lewi	lewim		lewëch

Noun

lewi m pers (female equivalent lewô)

1. (nominalized) leftie (left-handed person)

Noun

lewi m animal

1. (nominalized) leftie (horse harnessed to the left of the shaft)

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893], “lewi”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Sychta, Bernard (1968), “levi”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 2 (H – L), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 363
• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “lewy”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “lewy”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
• “lewi”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.vi/

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• Rhymes: -ɛvi
• Syllabification: le‧wi

Adjective

lewi

1. virile nominative/vocative plural of lewy