паляниця

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Ukrainian

паляни́ця

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian палени́ца (paleníca).[1] Analyzable as пали́ти (palýty, to burn) +‎ -е- (-e-) +‎ -ниця (-nycja).[2]

Cognate with dialectal Belarusian паляні́ца (paljaníca), палени́ца (palenýca)[3] and archaic Russian палени́ца (paleníca), пеляни́ца (peljaníca), пелени́ца (peleníca).[4]

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Noun

паляни́ця (paljanýcjaf inan (genitive паляни́ці, nominative plural паляни́ці, genitive plural паляни́ць)

  1. a type of Ukrainian hearth-baked bread

Usage notes

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this word was famously used as a shibboleth by Ukrainians to identify enemy saboteurs. People from Russia struggle to pronounce it correctly, usually producing something like on their first try, with the stressed /i/ being an especially noticeable mistake.

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References

  1. ^ The template Template:R:zle-obe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s):
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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (2003), “паленица”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 23 (осударский – паписта), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 396
  2. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “паляни́ця”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 270
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    Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1993), “паляні́ца”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 8 (не́марач – пая́ць), Minsk: Navuka i technika, →ISBN
  4. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “палени́ца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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