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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kartoffel. The forms ending in -а (-a) are mediated by Polish kartofel.
Pronunciation
Noun
карто́фель • (kartófelʹ) m inan (genitive карто́феля, uncountable, relational adjective карто́фельный, diminutive карто́шка or карто́шечка)
- (uncountable, collectively) potatoes
- молодо́й карто́фель ― molodój kartófelʹ ― new potatoes
- карто́фель фри ― kartófelʹ fri ― French fries / chips
1877, Лев Толстой , “Часть III. Глава XXV”, in Анна Каренина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, 1901:Из разгово́ра со старико́м Лёвин узна́л, что он был и не прочь от нововведе́ний. Он се́ял мно́го карто́фелю, и карто́фель его́, кото́рый Лёвин ви́дел, подъезжа́я, уже́ отцвета́л и завя́зывался, тогда́ как у Лёвина то́лько зацвета́л.- Iz razgovóra so starikóm Ljóvin uznál, što on byl i ne pročʹ ot novovvedénij. On séjal mnógo kartófelju, i kartófelʹ jevó, kotóryj Ljóvin vídel, podʺjezžája, užé otcvetál i zavjázyvalsja, togdá kak u Ljóvina tólʹko zacvetál.
- From his conversation with the old man, Levin thought he was not averse to new methods either. He had planted a great many potatoes, and his potatoes, as Levin had seen driving past, were already past flowering and beginning to die down, while Levin's were only just coming into flower.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “картофель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “картофель”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 383
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