krupnik

See also: Krupnik and krupńik

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish krupnik.

Noun

krupnik (uncountable)

1. A thick Polish soup made from vegetable or meat broth, containing potatoes and barley groats.
2. A traditional alcoholic drink made from vodka (or other grain spirit) and honey, popular in Poland, Belarus, and Lithuania.

   Synonym: krupnikas

Translations

Polish soup

• Polish: krupnik (pl) m
• Silesian: krupńik m

Polish alcoholic drink

• Lithuanian: krupnikas m
• Polish: krupnik (pl) m

Polish

krupnik sense 1

krupnik sense 2

Alternative forms

• krupniak (archaic)

Etymology

From krupa +‎ -nik. Compare Silesian krupńik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrup.ɲik/

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• Rhymes: -upɲik
• Syllabification: krup‧nik
• Homophone: Krupnik

Noun

krupnik m inan (diminutive krupniczek, related adjective krupniczy)

2. krupnik (thick Polish soup made from vegetable or meat broth, containing potatoes and barley groats)

   Hypernym: zupa

4. krupnik (traditional alcoholic drink made from vodka (or other grain spirit) and honey, popular in Poland, Belarus, and Lithuania)

   Hypernym: nalewka

Declension

Declension of krupnik

	singular	plural
nominative	krupnik	krupniki
genitive	krupniku	krupników
dative	krupnikowi	krupnikom
accusative	krupnik	krupniki
instrumental	krupnikiem	krupnikami
locative	krupniku	krupnikach
vocative	krupniku	krupniki

Descendants

• → Belarusian: кру́пнік (krúpnik)
• → English: krupnik
• → Lithuanian: krupnikas
• → Russian: крупни́к (krupník)
• → Ukrainian: кру́пник (krúpnyk)
• → Yiddish: קרופּניק (krupnik)

Further reading

• krupnik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• krupnik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• krupnik in PWN's encyclopedia