сметана

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic, cognate with Slovene smetana, Slovak smotana, Russian смета́на (smetána). According to Vasmer the Slavic words are unrelated to German Schmant (“sour milk”). However, other scholars (Jacob Grimm, Václav Machek) consider Schmant a loanword from Slavic.

Noun

сметана • (smetána) f

1. sour cream

Inflection

Inflection of сметана

	singular	plural
indefinite	сметана	сметани
definite	сметаната	сметаните
vocative form	сметано	сметани

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сметана”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress

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Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic, cognate with Slovene smetana, Slovak smotana, Bulgarian сметана (smetana). According to Vasmer, the Slavic words are unrelated to German Schmand, Schmant (“sour milk”). However, other scholars (Jacob Grimm, Václav Machek) consider Schmand, Schmant to be a loanword from Slavic. See Schmand for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [smʲɪˈtanə]

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Noun

смета́на • (smetána) f inan (genitive смета́ны, nominative plural смета́ны, genitive plural смета́н)

1. sour cream

Declension

Declension of смета́на (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	смета́на smetána	смета́ны smetány
genitive	смета́ны smetány	смета́н smetán
dative	смета́не smetáne	смета́нам smetánam
accusative	смета́ну smetánu	смета́ны smetány
instrumental	смета́ной, смета́ною smetánoj, smetánoju	смета́нами smetánami
prepositional	смета́не smetáne	смета́нах smetánax

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сметана”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress