pirohy

English

Pirohy filled with bryndza

Etymology

From Czech pirohy and Slovak pirohy. Doublet of pierogi (from Polish), pirogi (from Russian), and pyrohy (from Ukrainian).

Noun

pirohy pl (plural only)

1. Czech or Slovak pierogi.
   • 1978 spring, Patricia Krafcik, “The Story of Anna”, in Carpatho-Rusyn American: A Newsletter on Carpatho-Rusyn Ethnic Heritage, number 1, →ISSN, page 2, column 2:

     Here, continuing to cope with a foreign language and foreign customs, they reared a daughter and two sons on generous amounts of pirohy, holupky, and love.

   • 1978–1979, V. S. Koban, “The Sorrows of Marienka”, in Slovakia, volume XXVIII, numbers 51–52, West Paterson, N.J.: The Slovak League of America, page 123:

     Then hurrying to lift a pot of pirohy from the stove, she scalded her arm.

   • 1993 September, William Serrin, “Afterword to the Vintage Edition: Homestead Is Every Town”, in Homestead: The Glory and Tragedy of an American Steel Town, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 417:

     And on Fridays through much of the year, a visitor could go up to St. John’s Cathedral, on Dickson Street, in Munhall, and enjoy, if he wanted to put on the feedbag, a lunch, made by the church ladies, of pirohy, bean and lentil soup, and, of course, the ubiquitous halushky, or portions thereof.

Further reading

• Pierogi § Slovakia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia