Wiktionary

kiełbasa

See also: kielbasa, Kielbasa, kiełbasą, Kiełbasa, and Kiełbasą

English edit

Noun edit

kiełbasa

  1. Alternative form of kielbasa
    • 1978, The Chronicle, page 42, column 2:
      Polish music, the Polish language, a display of photographs from the President’s trip to Poland and, of course, an array of Polish foods such as: kiełbasa, pierogi, […]
    • 1979, Maria Lemnis, Henryk Vitry [double pen name; Tadeusz Żakiej], Old Polish Traditions in the Kitchen and at the Table, Warsaw: Interpress Publishers, →ISBN, page 273:
      Bring the sauce to a boil and into it place the kiełbasa, cut into pieces diagonally. The kiełbasa may also be served in a spicily seasoned onion or tomato sauce.
    • 1979, Paul Wrobel, Our Way: Family, Parish, and Neighborhood in a Polish-American Community, Notre Dame, Ind., London: University of Notre Dame Press, →ISBN, page 48:
      The food is good and inexpensive, and includes daily specials like kiełbasa, pierogi, and gołąbki.
    • 1991, Joseph Alecks, quotee, Polish Digest, page 23, column 3:
      What would be a typical Polish meal? Around these parts Polish people say it is gołąbki, pierogi and kiełbasa.

Polish edit

 
kiełbasy

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъlbasa, which may derive from Proto-Turkic for "grilled cutlet," literally "pressed on ashes," from *kül (“ash”) + *bas (“to press”) (modern Turkish basmak).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kjɛwˈba.sa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: kieł‧ba‧sa
  • Homophone: Kiełbasa

Noun edit

kiełbasa f (diminutive kiełbaska, augmentative kiełbacha)

  1. sausage (for slicing), kielbasa, Polish sausage

Declension edit

Declension of kiełbasa
singular plural
nominative kiełbasa kiełbasy
genitive kiełbasy kiełbas
dative kiełbasie kiełbasom
accusative kiełbasę kiełbasy
instrumental kiełbasą kiełbasami
locative kiełbasie kiełbasach
vocative kiełbaso kiełbasy

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “kiełbasa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  1. ^ “kielbasa”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading edit

  • kiełbasa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kiełbasa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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