pietruszka

See also: Pietruszka, pietruszką, and Pietruszką

Polish

pietruszka

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish piotruszka. Calque of Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon). Displaced piotruziele and pietruziele, which are direct borrowings from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjɛˈtruʂ.ka/

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• Rhymes: -uʂka
• Syllabification: pie‧trusz‧ka
• Homophone: Pietruszka

Noun

pietruszka f (augmentative pietrucha, related adjective pietruszkowy)

1. parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
2. parsley (edible root of this plant)
3. parsley (dried leaves of this plant)

   Synonym: natka

Declension

Declension of pietruszka

	singular	plural
nominative	pietruszka	pietruszki
genitive	pietruszki	pietruszek
dative	pietruszce	pietruszkom
accusative	pietruszkę	pietruszki
instrumental	pietruszką	pietruszkami
locative	pietruszce	pietruszkach
vocative	pietruszko	pietruszki

Derived terms

verbs

• pietruszkować impf

 

verbs

• grać o pietruszkę impf

 

Descendants

• → Belarusian: пятру́шка (pjatrúška)
• → Russian: петру́шка (petrúška)
  • → Ingrian: petruška
• → Ukrainian: петру́шка (petrúška)
• → Yiddish: פּיעטרושקע (pyetrushke), פּעטרושקע (petrushke), פּעטרעשקע (petreshke), פּעטרישקע (petrishke)

Further reading

• pietruszka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pietruszka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• pietruszka in PWN's encyclopedia