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smetana
smetana
See also: Smetana
English
Noun
smetana
- A European form of soured cream or crème fraîche.
Translations
type of soured cream
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Czech
Noun
smetana f
- cream (the dairy product)
Derived terms
- smetanový m
- smetánka f
See also
- šlehačka f
Finnish
Noun
smetana
Declension
| Inflection of smetana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | smetana | smetanat | |
| genitive | smetanan | smetanoiden smetanoitten |
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| partitive | smetanaa | smetanoita | |
| illative | smetanaan | smetanoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | smetana | smetanat | |
| accusative | nom. | smetana | smetanat |
| gen. | smetanan | ||
| genitive | smetanan | smetanoiden smetanoitten smetanainrare |
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| partitive | smetanaa | smetanoita | |
| inessive | smetanassa | smetanoissa | |
| elative | smetanasta | smetanoista | |
| illative | smetanaan | smetanoihin | |
| adessive | smetanalla | smetanoilla | |
| ablative | smetanalta | smetanoilta | |
| allative | smetanalle | smetanoille | |
| essive | smetanana | smetanoina | |
| translative | smetanaksi | smetanoiksi | |
| instructive | — | smetanoin | |
| abessive | smetanatta | smetanoitta | |
| comitative | — | smetanoineen | |
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic, cognate with Slovak smotana, Russian смета́на (smetána). According to Vasmer the Slavic words are unrelated to German Schmant (“sour milk”). However, other scholars (Jacob Grimm, Václav Machek) consider Schmant a loanword from Slavic[1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsmèːtana/
- Tonal orthography: smẹ́tana
Noun
smétana f (genitive smétane, uncountable)
- cream (oily part of milk)
Declension
Declension of smétana (feminine, a-stem)
| singular | |
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| nominative | smétana |
| accusative | smétano |
| genitive | smétane |
| dative | smétani |
| locative | smétani |
| instrumental | smétano |
References
- Fasmer, Maks (1964–1973), “сметана”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress