kiełbasa

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English

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Noun

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kiełbasa

  1. Alternative form of kielbasa
    • 1978, The Chronicle, page 42, column 2:
      Polish music, the Polish language, a display of photographs from the President’s trip to Poland and, of course, an array of Polish foods such as: kiełbasa, pierogi, []
    • 1979, Maria Lemnis, Henryk Vitry [double pen name; Tadeusz Żakiej], Old Polish Traditions in the Kitchen and at the Table, Warsaw: Interpress Publishers, →ISBN, page 273:
      Bring the sauce to a boil and into it place the kiełbasa, cut into pieces diagonally. The kiełbasa may also be served in a spicily seasoned onion or tomato sauce.
    • 1979, Paul Wrobel, Our Way: Family, Parish, and Neighborhood in a Polish-American Community, Notre Dame, Ind., London: University of Notre Dame Press, →ISBN, page 48:
      The food is good and inexpensive, and includes daily specials like kiełbasa, pierogi, and gołąbki.
    • 1991, Joseph Alecks, quotee, Polish Digest, page 23, column 3:
      What would be a typical Polish meal? Around these parts Polish people say it is gołąbki, pierogi and kiełbasa.

Polish

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kiełbasy

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъlbasa, which may derive from Proto-Turkic for "grilled cutlet," literally "pressed on ashes," from *kül (ash) + *bas (to press) (modern Turkish basmak).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kjɛwˈba.sa/
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  • Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: kieł‧ba‧sa
  • Homophone: Kiełbasa

Noun

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kiełbasa f (diminutive kiełbaska, augmentative kiełbacha)

  1. sausage (for slicing), kielbasa, Polish sausage

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “kiełbasa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • kiełbasa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kiełbasa in Polish dictionaries at PWN