jíška

See also: Jíška

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech júška, from Proto-Slavic *jušьka.[1] By surface analysis, jícha +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjiːʃka]

Noun

jíška f (relational adjective jíškový, diminutive jíštička)

  1. roux (mixture of flour and fat used as a thickening agent)
    Synonyms: zápražka, zásmažka

Declension

noun
verb
  • zajíšit

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jušьka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 199

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