pasternak

See also: Pasternak

Polish

pasternak

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German pasternack, pasternacke, from Old High German pestinac, from Proto-West Germanic *pastinakā, from Latin pastināca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pasˈtɛr.nak/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛrnak
  • Syllabification: pas‧ter‧nak
  • Homophone: Pasternak

Noun

pasternak m inan (diminutive pasternaczek)

  1. parsnip (the plant Pastinaca sativa)
  2. parsnip (the edible root of Pastinaca sativa)

Declension

Descendants

  • Belarusian: пастарна́к (pastarnák)
  • Russian: пастерна́к (pasternák)
  • Ukrainian: пастерна́к (pasternák)

Further reading

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