сметана

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъmetana. Cognate with Slovene smetana, Slovak smotana, Russian смета́на (smetána).

Noun

смета́на • (smetána) f

1. sour cream

Declension

Declension of смета́на

	singular
indefinite	смета́на smetána
definite	смета́ната smetánata

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сметана”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъmetana, 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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• Rhymes: -anə

Noun

смета́на • (smetána) f inan (genitive смета́ны, nominative plural смета́ны, genitive plural смета́н, related adjective смета́нный, diminutive смета́нка)

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

Pre-reform declension of смета́на (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	смета́на smetána	смета́ны smetány
genitive	смета́ны smetány	смета́нъ smetán
dative	смета́нѣ smetáně	смета́намъ smetánam
accusative	смета́ну smetánu	смета́ны smetány
instrumental	смета́ной, смета́ною smetánoj, smetánoju	смета́нами smetánami
prepositional	смета́нѣ smetáně	смета́нахъ smetánax

Descendants

• → Armenian: սմետան (smetan)
• → English: smetana
• → Finnish: smetana
• → French: smitane
  • → English: smitane

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сметана”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [smeˈtanɐ]

Noun

смета́на • (smetána) f inan (genitive смета́ни, uncountable)

1. sour cream

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	смета́на smetána
genitive	смета́ни smetány
dative	смета́ні smetáni
accusative	смета́ну smetánu
instrumental	смета́ною smetánoju
locative	смета́ні smetáni
vocative	смета́но smetáno

Further reading

• “сметана”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)