krochmal
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Middle High German kraftmël.
Noun edit
krochmal m inan (related adjective krochmalowy)
- starch (widely diffused vegetable substance, found especially in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.)
- Synonym: skrobia
- (nutrition) starch (carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods)
- Synonym: skrobia
- starch (any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener)
- Synonym: sztywnik
Declension edit
Declension of krochmal
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | krochmal | krochmale |
| genitive | krochmalu | krochmali |
| dative | krochmalowi | krochmalom |
| accusative | krochmal | krochmale |
| instrumental | krochmalem | krochmalami |
| locative | krochmalu | krochmalach |
| vocative | krochmalu | krochmale |
Derived terms edit
adjectives
nouns
verbs
- krochmalić impf
Descendants edit
- → Belarusian: крухма́л (kruxmál)
- → Russian: крахма́л (kraxmál)
- → Kazakh: крахмал (kraxmal)
- → Ukrainian: крохма́ль (kroxmálʹ)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
krochmal