brambor

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of Lower Sorbian origin. Compare Bramborska (“Brandenburg”). Interpreted as "crop from Brandenburg", as imported to Bohemia by Prussian soldiers during the War of the Bavarian Succession (1778–1779).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbrambor]
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Noun

brambor m inan (diminutive brambůrek)

  1. potato
    Synonyms: (regional) ertepl, (regional) zemňák

Declension

Declension of brambor (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative brambor brambory
genitive bramboru bramborů
dative bramboru bramborům
accusative brambor brambory
vocative brambore brambory
locative bramboru bramborech
instrumental bramborem brambory

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Antonín Frinta, Česká jména lužickosrbského původu, Naše řeč, volume 39 (1956), issue 9–10
  2. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “brambor”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 95

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