ґомбовец

Pannonian Rusyn

Alternative forms

• ґомбовца f (gombovca)

Etymology

Possibly from Hungarian gomba (“mushroom”) +‎ -овец (-ovec). Cognate with Slovak gombovec and Ukrainian ґомбовець (gombovecʹ), ґомбовці (gombovci), and perhaps also Serbo-Croatian гомбоц／gomboc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɔmˈbɔvɛt͡s]
• Rhymes: -ɔvɛt͡s
• Hyphenation: ґом‧бо‧вец

Noun

ґомбовец (gombovec) m inan (diminutive ґомбовчик)

1. (chiefly in the plural) dumpling

   2024 February 12, Вл. Дїтко, “Школяре правели пироги и ґомбовци [Schoolchildren make pockets and dumplings]”, in Руске Слово‎^[1]:

   Пироги и ґомбовци рихтали и школяре, а на концу ше шицки вєдно почасцели.

   Pirohi i gombovci rixtali i školjare, a na koncu še šicki vjedno počasceli.

   The schoolchildren also prepared pockets and dumplings, and at the end they treated themselves together.

Declension

Declension of ґомбовец

	singular	plural
nominative	ґомбовец gombovec	ґомбовци gombovci
genitive	ґомбовца gombovca	ґомбовцох gombovcox
dative	ґомбовцу gombovcu	ґомбовцом gombovcom
accusative	ґомбовец gombovec	ґомбовци gombovci
instrumental	ґомбовцом gombovcom	ґомбовцами gombovcami
locative	ґомбовцу gombovcu	ґомбовцох gombovcox
vocative	ґомбовцу gombovcu	ґомбовци gombovci

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “ґомбовци”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “dumpling”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 94