jezer
Definitions
- 1.archaicdialectallake
Nu blizu jes ovdi tih jezer studene i bistre vodice
But here nearby there's a quiet lake of fresh and clear water
bistri iezer oncias sinu
bistri jezer ončas sinu — then the clear lake shone
Ti priplivaj jezer-vodu hladnu [...] Nije lako jezer preplivati. Koliko je u godini dana, Toliko je proždrla junaka
You swim the cold lake-water … It's not easy to swim the lake. How many days there's in a year, That's how many heroes it has devoured
- 2.archaicdialectalspring of water
[...] od raiske kragl darſcauè Sladki iezer ſuieh miloſti
od rajske kralj države slatki jezer svijeh milosti — the king of the heavenly kingdom, the sweet spring of all the graces
- 3.archaicdialectalabyss, depth
pri neg vode sve provriše, pri neg jezer, sunce mielo, more, nebo i svit biše
before all the waters started to flow, before the abyss, the sweet sun, the sea, the sky and the world existed
Etymology
Variant of jezero (“lake”). Possibly inherited from Proto-Slavic *ȅzerъ and cognate to Upper Sorbian jězor.