masliak
Slovak
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *masľakъ. By surface analysis, maslo (“butter”) + -iak, because the flesh of the mushroom is butterlike soft and the cap is sometimes slimy as it were greased.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmasliak m inan
- fungus belonging to the genus Suillus (slippery jack)
Declension
editDeclension of masliak
Related terms
edit- maslo n
- masliačik m
- masliakový
- klouzek m
References
editFurther reading
edit- “masliak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024