друшляк

Ukrainian

пластиковий друшляк

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish druszlak (a dialectal metathesis of durszlak), from German Durchschlag.[1] Compare Russian дуршла́г (duršlág).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [drʊʃˈlʲak]
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Noun

друшля́к • (drušlják) m inan (genitive друшляка́, nominative plural друшляки́, genitive plural друшлякі́в)

  1. colander, strainer (bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta)

Declension

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “друшляк”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 136

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