ziemniak
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See also: Ziemniak
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ziemny (“pertaining to soil, earth”) + -ak, from Proto-Slavic *zemьnъ. Displaced earlier jabłko ziemne, itself a calque of German Erdapfel (literally “earth-apple”).[1] Compare Slovak zemiak, French pomme de terre (literally “apple of the earth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ziemniak m animal (diminutive ziemniaczek)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ziemniak
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ziemniak | ziemniaki |
genitive | ziemniaka | ziemniaków |
dative | ziemniakowi | ziemniakom |
accusative | ziemniaka | ziemniaki |
instrumental | ziemniakiem | ziemniakami |
locative | ziemniaku | ziemniakach |
vocative | ziemniaku | ziemniaki |
Derived terms
[edit]adjective
References
[edit]- ^ Jan Miodek, Słownik ojczyzny polszczyzny, edited by Monika Zaśko-Zielińska, Tomasz Piekot; Europa, Wrocław 2002, p. 800.
Further reading
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɛmɲak
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛmɲak/2 syllables
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- Polish animal nouns
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