мамалиґа
Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from Romanian mămăligă.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɐmɐˈɫɪɡɐ]
Noun
мамали́ґа • (mamalýga) f inan (genitive мамали́ґи, uncountable)
- mamaliga, cornmeal mush, polenta (a porridge-like dish made of coarse maize-meal)
Declension
Declension of мамали́ґа (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | мамали́ґа mamalýga |
| genitive | мамали́ґи mamalýgy |
| dative | мамали́зі mamalýzi |
| accusative | мамали́ґу mamalýgu |
| instrumental | мамали́ґою mamalýgoju |
| locative | мамали́зі mamalýzi |
| vocative | мамали́ґо mamalýgo |
Descendants
- → Belarusian: мамалы́га (mamalýha)
- → Polish: mamałyga
- → Russian: мамалы́га (mamalýga)
Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “мамали́ґа”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2022), “мамалиґа”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN