pieróg
See also: pierog and Pieróg
English
Alternative forms
- pierog
Etymology
From Polish pieróg. Doublet of pirog.
Noun
pieróg (plural pierogi)
- Rare form of pierogi.
- 2010 November 19, Victor Sack, “Pelmeni, perogie, peroshki...”, in rec.food.cooking, Usenet:
- That thing certainly does not look anything like a pieróg. To me, it looks like sliced boiled potato.
- 2014 April, Jenny Bowman, “Delicacy of the north: Pierogies, recently opened in Oak Island, dishes up Polish dumplings to perfection”, in Southport Magazine, volume two, number seven, page 14:
- So what is a pieróg, exactly? (Plural is pierogi or can be pierogies.) Well, it’s essentially a dough dumpling stuffed with savory goodness like potato and cheese or onion, hot sausage, or sauerkraut, to name a few fillings.
- 2018, Kaitlyn Cammer, “St. Volodymyr’s the Great Ukrainian Catholic Church”, in Utica Proud, volume one, page 30:
- Giving Back to the Community One Pieróg at a Time
- 2019 September, Geraldine Balut Coleman, “Tekla Klebetnica Thrills Crowds”, in Polish American Journal, volume 108, number 9, section “Celebrating Pierogi”, page 7, column 3:
- But there was also one pieróg version that did not win the popularity contest. It was called pizzowego (pizzarogis), a pieróg filled with a combination of sausage, pepperoni, and cheese, doused with tomato sauce.
- 2022 April 14, Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, “At this Ukrainian restaurant, dumplings go by many names, but always taste like home”, in The Arizona Republic:
- In the photo she's wearing a green floral headscarf and spooning cherry filling into a pieróg.
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Polish
pierogi
Alternative forms
- pierog
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish piróg, from Proto-Slavic *pirogъ, ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *pirъ (“party”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpjɛ.ruk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛruk
- Syllabification: pie‧róg
- Homophones: Pieróg, Pierug
Noun
pieróg m inan (diminutive pierożek)
- pierogi, dumpling (dish composed of a dough wrapper around a filling)
Declension
Declension of pieróg
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pieróg | pierogi |
| genitive | pieroga | pierogów |
| dative | pierogowi | pierogom |
| accusative | pieróg/pieroga | pierogi |
| instrumental | pierogiem | pierogami |
| locative | pierogu | pierogach |
| vocative | pierogu | pierogi |
Derived terms
adjective
- pierogowy
noun
- pierogarnia
Further reading
- pieróg in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pieróg in Polish dictionaries at PWN