галушка

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian галу́шка (halúška), from Polish gałuszka, from gałka (“ball, knob; jaw; testicles”), gały (“eyes”). Compare Russian га́лка (gálka, “glass ball”), Belarusian га́лы (hály, “eyes, buttocks”), Slovene gȃłka (“oak gall, nutgall”) (tonal orthography), Slovak hálka (“ball;top of a tower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɐˈɫuʂkə]

Noun

галу́шка • (galúška) f inan (genitive галу́шки, nominative plural галу́шки, genitive plural галу́шек)

1. a kind of dumpling with no filling, normally added to soups, halušky

   Synonym: клёцка (kljócka)

Declension

Declension of галу́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	галу́шка galúška	галу́шки galúški
genitive	галу́шки galúški	галу́шек galúšek
dative	галу́шке galúške	галу́шкам galúškam
accusative	галу́шку galúšku	галу́шки galúški
instrumental	галу́шкой, галу́шкою galúškoj, galúškoju	галу́шками galúškami
prepositional	галу́шке galúške	галу́шках galúškax

Descendants

• → English: galushki (via plural)
• → Romanian: gălușcă

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Polish gałka, Ukrainian галка (halka, “ball, knob; jaw; testicles”), Polish gały (“eyes”). Compare Russian га́лка (gálka, “glass ball”), Belarusian га́лы (hály, “eyes, buttocks”), Slovene gȃłka (“oak gall, nutgall”) (tonal orthography), Slovak hálka (“ball;top of a tower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦɐˈɫuʃkɐ]

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Noun

галу́шка • (halúška) f inan (genitive галу́шки, nominative plural галушки́)

1. a kind of dumpling with no filling, normally added to soups, halušky

Declension

Declension of галу́шка
(inan hard fem-form accent-c reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	галу́шка halúška	галушки́ halušký
genitive	галу́шки halúšky	галушо́к halušók
dative	галу́шці halúšci	галушка́м haluškám
accusative	галу́шку halúšku	галушки́ halušký
instrumental	галу́шкою halúškoju	галушка́ми haluškámy
locative	галу́шці halúšci	галушка́х haluškáx
vocative	галу́шко halúško	галушки́ halušký

Synonyms

• кльоцка (klʹocka)
• палюшка (paljuška)

Descendants

• → English: halushky (via plural)