горелка
Appearance
Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the verb горя (gorja, “burn”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]горе́лка • (gorélka) f
Declension
[edit]Declension of горе́лка
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | горе́лка gorélka |
горе́лки gorélki |
definite | горе́лката gorélkata |
горе́лките gorélkite |
Russian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]горе́ть (gorétʹ) + -лка (-lka)
Noun
[edit]горе́лка • (gorélka) f inan (genitive горе́лки, nominative plural горе́лки, genitive plural горе́лок)
- burner (of a gas range, heater or light using liquid or gas fuel).
- горе́лка Бу́нзена ― gorélka Búnzena ― Bunsen burner
- The nozzle of a welding torch.
Declension
[edit]Declension of горе́лка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | горе́лка gorélka |
горе́лки gorélki |
genitive | горе́лки gorélki |
горе́лок gorélok |
dative | горе́лке gorélke |
горе́лкам gorélkam |
accusative | горе́лку gorélku |
горе́лки gorélki |
instrumental | горе́лкой, горе́лкою gorélkoj, gorélkoju |
горе́лками gorélkami |
prepositional | горе́лке gorélke |
горе́лках gorélkax |
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Ukrainian горі́лка (horílka). Compare Russian горе́ть (gorétʹ, “to burn”), Ukrainian горі́ти (horíty, “to burn”). Similar to Belarusian гарэ́лка (harélka).
Alternative forms
[edit]- гори́лка (gorílka)
Noun
[edit]горе́лка • (gorélka) f inan (genitive горе́лки, nominative plural горе́лки, genitive plural горе́лок)
- (Southern Russia) vodka, usually in a Ukrainian context.
- 1835, Nikolai Gogol, Тарас Бульба [=Taras Bulʹba]:
- ... да горе́лки побо́льше, не с вы́думками горе́лки, не с изю́мом и вся́кими вытребеньками, а чи́стой пенной горе́лки, чтоб игра́ла и шипе́ла, как бе́шеная.
- ... da gorélki pobólʹše, ne s výdumkami gorélki, ne s izjúmom i vsjákimi vytrebenʹkami, a čístoj pennoj gorélki, štob igrála i šipéla, kak béšenaja.
- ... and more gorelka, not with fantasies of gorelka, not with raisins and all kinds of frippery, but clean foaming gorelka, to sparkle and hiss like crazy.
Usage notes
[edit]Used in place of the synonym во́дка (vódka) to allude to Ukrainian village custom.
Declension
[edit]Declension of горе́лка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | горе́лка gorélka |
горе́лки gorélki |
genitive | горе́лки gorélki |
горе́лок gorélok |
dative | горе́лке gorélke |
горе́лкам gorélkam |
accusative | горе́лку gorélku |
горе́лки gorélki |
instrumental | горе́лкой, горе́лкою gorélkoj, gorélkoju |
горе́лками gorélkami |
prepositional | горе́лке gorélke |
горе́лках gorélkax |
References
[edit]- Natalia M. Kolb-Seletski, “Gastronomy, Gogol, and His Fiction”, in Slavic Review, vol 29, no 1 (March 1970), p 38.: “These traditional Ukrainian dishes—like the Ukrainisms (kavun, horilka, tsybulia, bublyk) that have their Russian equivalents—are mentioned to provide local color.”
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