pasterka

See also: pasterką, Pasterka, and Pasterką

Polish

pasterka

Alternative forms

• pastorka (Kielce)
• pasturka (Łowicz)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *pāˀstéi

Proto-Slavic *pasti

Proto-Slavic *-yřь

Proto-Slavic *pastyřь

Old Polish pastyrz

Polish pasterz

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Old Polish -ka

Polish -ka

Polish pasterka

From pasterz + -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasˈtɛr.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrka
• Syllabification: pas‧ter‧ka
• Homophone: Pasterka

Noun

pasterka f (male equivalent pasterz)

1. female equivalent of pasterz (“shepherdess”)
2. (archaic) ladies' hat, often made of straw with a wide and downward-sloping brim
3. (Roman Catholicism) midnight mass

Declension

Declension of pasterka

	singular	plural
nominative	pasterka	pasterki
genitive	pasterki	pasterek
dative	pasterce	pasterkom
accusative	pasterkę	pasterki
instrumental	pasterką	pasterkami
locative	pasterce	pasterkach
vocative	pasterko	pasterki

Further reading

• “pasterka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “pasterka”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)