мамалиґа

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian mămăligă.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mɐmɐˈɫɪɡɐ]
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Noun

мамали́ґа • (mamalýga) f inan (genitive мамали́ґи, uncountable)

mamaliga, cornmeal mush, polenta (a porridge-like dish made of coarse maize-meal)

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	мамали́ґа mamalýga
genitive	мамали́ґи mamalýgy
dative	мамали́зі mamalýzi
accusative	мамали́ґу mamalýgu
instrumental	мамали́ґою mamalýgoju
locative	мамали́зі mamalýzi
vocative	мамали́ґо mamalýgo

Descendants

→ Belarusian: мамалы́га (mamalýha)
→ Polish: mamałyga
→ Russian: мамалы́га (mamalýga)

Further reading

Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “мамали́ґа”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “мамалиґа”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN

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