kraska

See also: kráska, Kraska, kraską, and Kraską

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkras.ka/

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈkras.ka]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aska
• Syllabification: kras‧ka
• Homophone: Kraska

Noun

kraska f

1. any bird of the genus Coracias, especially the European roller (Coracias garrulus)
2. (usually in the plural) roller, coraciid (member of the family Coraciidae)
3. (Near Masovian, Wojcieszków, Radzyń Podlaski County) painted egg without a pattern

Declension

Declension of kraska

	singular	plural
nominative	kraska	kraski
genitive	kraski	krasek
dative	krasce	kraskom
accusative	kraskę	kraski
instrumental	kraską	kraskami
locative	krasce	kraskach
vocative	krasko	kraski

Further reading

• kraska in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “kraska”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 209