wereszczaka
See also: Wereszczaka and wereszczaką
Polish
editEtymology
editUncertain. Possibly from the surname Wereszczaka, which was supposedly borne by a chef at the court of Augustus III.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /vɛ.rɛʂˈt͡ʂa.ka/
- Rhymes: -aka
- Syllabification: we‧resz‧cza‧ka
- Homophone: Wereszczaka
Noun
editwereszczaka f
- name of several dishes of Old Polish and Lithuanian cuisine, formerly very popular; these included pork loin stewed in beetroot broth, soup made with kvass and bacon, soup with sausages, goose breast and groats, white sausage or young bacon in onion sauce
Declension
editDeclension of wereszczaka
singular | plural | |
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nominative | wereszczaka | wereszczaki |
genitive | wereszczaki | wereszczak |
dative | wereszczace | wereszczakom |
accusative | wereszczakę | wereszczaki |
instrumental | wereszczaką | wereszczakami |
locative | wereszczace | wereszczakach |
vocative | wereszczako | wereszczaki |
Further reading
edit- wereszczaka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wereszczaka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “wereszczaka”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna