Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From the Greek φασόλι (fasóli, bean), from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos, kidney bean). Possibly influenced/mediated by Hungarian paszuly, however note dialectal Greek φασούλι (fasoúli, bean).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pǎsuːʎ/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧sulj

Noun

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pàsūlj m (Cyrillic spelling па̀сӯљ)

  1. (regional, usually Serbia) bean
  2. (regional, usually Serbia) bean soup

Usage notes

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In Croatia and parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, this has some regional usage, and the usual word in literary idiom is grȁh.

Declension

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