brambor

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of Lower Sorbian origin. Compare Bramborska (“Brandenburg”). Interpreted as "crop from Brandenburg", as imported to Bohemia by Prussian soldiers during the War of the Bavarian Succession (1778–1779).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbrambor]
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Noun

brambor m inan

  1. potato

Declension
Declension of brambor
singular plural
nominative brambor brambory
genitive bramboru bramborů
dative bramboru bramborům
accusative brambor brambory
vocative brambore brambory
locative bramboru bramborech
instrumental bramborem brambory

Derived terms

References
  1. Antonín Frinta, Česká jména lužickosrbského původu, Naše řeč, volume 39 (1956), issue 9–10
  2. Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 95.

Further reading
  • brambor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • brambor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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