kluska

See also: Kluska, kluską, and Kluską

Polish

kluski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklus.ka/

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• Rhymes: -uska
• Syllabification: klus‧ka
• Homophone: Kluska

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gel-der.

Proto-Germanic *klautaz

Old High German klōz

German Kloß

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Old Polish -ka

Polish -ka

Polish kluska

From German Kloß + Polish -ka, perhaps via the Silesian variant Kluß.

Alternative forms

• klusek

Noun

kluska f (diminutive kluseczka, augmentative klucha, related adjective kluskowy)

1. noodle (string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients)
2. (in the plural) kluski (noodles prepared in an ethnic Polish manner; specifically, thin strips of dough, as opposed to filled shells)

   Hypernym: nudle

3. piece of kluski
4. (colloquial, figurative) fatso, butterball (overweight person)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grubas

5. (colloquial, figurative) dweeb, hacker, klutz, nebbish (clumsy or stupid person)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:niezdara

Declension

Declension of kluska

	singular	plural
nominative	kluska	kluski
genitive	kluski	klusek
dative	klusce	kluskom
accusative	kluskę	kluski
instrumental	kluską	kluskami
locative	klusce	kluskach
vocative	klusko	kluski

Derived terms

adjectives

• kluskowaty

nouns

• kluski francuskie
• kluski kładzione
• kluski półfrancuskie
• kluski śląskie
• lane kluski

Related terms

adjectives

• kluchowaty

adverbs

• kluchowato

nouns

• ciepłe kluchy
• kluchowatość

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kluska m inan

1. genitive singular of klusek

Noun

kluska m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of klusek

Further reading

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