петрушка

See also: Петрушка

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish pietruszka, adapted from Czech petržel (see -у́шка (-úška)), from Middle High German petersîlje, from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon, literally “rock celery”). See English parsley.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲɪˈtruʂkə]

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Noun

петру́шка • (petrúška) f inan (genitive петру́шки, nominative plural петру́шки, genitive plural петру́шек)

1. (botany) parsley (herb)
2. foolishness, absurdity

Declension

Declension of петру́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	петру́шка petrúška	петру́шки petrúški
genitive	петру́шки petrúški	петру́шек petrúšek
dative	петру́шке petrúške	петру́шкам petrúškam
accusative	петру́шку petrúšku	петру́шки petrúški
instrumental	петру́шкой, петру́шкою petrúškoj, petrúškoju	петру́шками petrúškami
prepositional	петру́шке petrúške	петру́шках petrúškax

Descendants

• → Ingrian: petruška

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish pietruszka, adapted from Czech petržel (see -у́шка (-úška)), from Middle High German petersîlje, from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon, literally “rock celery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [peˈtruʃkɐ]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

петру́шка • (petrúška) f inan (genitive петру́шки, nominative plural петру́шки, genitive plural петру́шок)

1. (botany) parsley

Declension

Declension of петру́шка (inan hard fem-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	петру́шка petrúška	петру́шки petrúšky
genitive	петру́шки petrúšky	петру́шок petrúšok
dative	петру́шці petrúšci	петру́шкам petrúškam
accusative	петру́шку petrúšku	петру́шки petrúšky
instrumental	петру́шкою petrúškoju	петру́шками petrúškamy
locative	петру́шці petrúšci	петру́шках petrúškax
vocative	петру́шко petrúško	петру́шки petrúšky

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “петрушка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “петрушка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (в – відсрібли́тися), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “петрушка”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• “петрушка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “петрушка”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “петрушка”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)