галушка

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian галу́шка (halúška), from Polish gałuszka, from gałka (“ball, knob; jaw; testicles”), gały (“eyes”). Compare Russian га́лка (gálka, “glass ball”), Belarusian га́лы (hály, “eyes, buttocks”), Slovene gȃłka (“oak gall, nutgall”) (tonal orthography), Slovak hálka (“ball;top of a tower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɐˈɫuʂkə]

Noun

галу́шка • (galúška) f inan (genitive галу́шки, nominative plural галу́шки, genitive plural галу́шек)

1. a kind of dumpling with no filling, normally added to soups, halušky

Declension

Declension of галу́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	галу́шка galúška	галу́шки galúški
genitive	галу́шки galúški	галу́шек galúšek
dative	галу́шке galúške	галу́шкам galúškam
accusative	галу́шку galúšku	галу́шки galúški
instrumental	галу́шкой, галу́шкою galúškoj, galúškoju	галу́шками galúškami
prepositional	галу́шке galúške	галу́шках galúškax

Synonyms

• клёцка (kljócka)