pasternak

See also: Pasternak

Polish

pasternak

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German pasternack, pasternacke, from Old High German pestinac, from Proto-West Germanic *pastinakā, from Latin pastināca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasˈtɛr.nak/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrnak
• Syllabification: pas‧ter‧nak
• Homophone: Pasternak

Noun

pasternak m inan (diminutive pasternaczek)

1. parsnip (the plant Pastinaca sativa)
2. parsnip (the edible root of Pastinaca sativa)

Declension

Declension of pasternak

	singular	plural
nominative	pasternak	pasternaki
genitive	pasternaku	pasternaków
dative	pasternakowi	pasternakom
accusative	pasternak	pasternaki
instrumental	pasternakiem	pasternakami
locative	pasternaku	pasternakach
vocative	pasternaku	pasternaki

Descendants

• → Belarusian: пастарна́к (pastarnák)
• → Russian: пастерна́к (pasternák)
• → Ukrainian: пастерна́к (pasternák)

Further reading

• pasternak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pasternak in Polish dictionaries at PWN