kraska
Polish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aska
- Syllabification: kras‧ka
- Homophone: Kraska
Noun
kraska f
- any bird of the genus Coracias, especially the European roller (Coracias garrulus)
- (usually in the plural) roller, coraciid (member of the family Coraciidae)
- (Near Masovian, Wojcieszków, Radzyń Podlaski County) painted egg without a pattern
Declension
Declension of kraska
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kraska | kraski |
| genitive | kraski | krasek |
| dative | krasce | kraskom |
| accusative | kraskę | kraski |
| instrumental | kraską | kraskami |
| locative | krasce | kraskach |
| vocative | krasko | kraski |
Further reading
- kraska in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Hieronim Łopaciński (1892) “kraska”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 209