горелка

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Etymology

From the verb горя (burn).

Noun

горелка (gorélka) f

  1. gas burner

Inflection


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Pronunciation

  • IPA: /gɐˈrʲelkə/

Etymology 1

From Ukrainian горілка (horílka). Compare Russian гореть (gorét’, to burn), Ukrainian горіти (horíty, to burn).

Alternative forms

Noun

горелка (gorélka) f

  1. (South Russia) vodka, usually in a Ukrainian context.
    • 1835, Nikolai Gogol, Тарас Бульба (Taras Bulʹba).
      ... да горелки побольше, не с выдумками горелки, не с изюмом и всякими вытребеньками, а чистой пенной горелки, чтоб играла и шипела, как бешеная.
      ... and more gorelka, not with fantasies of gorelka, not with raisins and all kinds of frippery, but clean foaming gorelka, to sparkle and hiss like crazy.
Declension
Usage notes

Used in place of the synonym водка (vodka) to allude to Ukrainian village custom.

References
  • Natalia M. Kolb-Seletski, “Gastronomy, Gogol, and His Fiction”, in Slavic Review, vol 29, no 1 (March 1970), p 38.: “These traditional Ukrainian dishes—like the Ukrainisms (kavun, horilka, tsybulia, bublyk) that have their Russian equivalents—are mentioned to provide local color.”

Etymology 2

Noun

горелка (gorélka) f

  1. burner (of a gas range, heater or light using liquid or gas fuel).
  2. The nozzle of a welding torch.
Declension
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