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oladyi

oladyi noun: small thick pancakes or fritters common in Russian and Ukrainian cuisines.

oladyi: small thick pancakes or fritters common in Russian and Ukrainian cuisines
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Noun

oladyi pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Small thick pancakes or fritters common in Russian and Ukrainian cuisines.
    • Mix thoroughly and cook the oladyi on a hot griddle.1974, F. Siegel, transl., “[Fancy Breads and Pies] Thick Pancakes (Oladyi): Pumpkin, Squash Marrow or Carrot Thick Pancakes”, in Russian Cooking, Moscow: Mir Publishers, page 156, column 1
    • But at night when they came to see me in the Ural, when they had knocked back huge amounts of Kunzevskaya and Stolichnaya and devoured piles of piroshki, oladyi, vatrushki, and bulochki with zimmes, they spoke French, English, kissed hands and paid compliments, knew the wittiest toasts, and fiddled...2005, Ulla Berkéwicz, translated by Katharina Rout, Love in a Time of Terror, Lantzville, B.C.: Oolichan Books, →ISBN, page 29

Examples of oladyi in a sentence

  • Now, I tink only of latkes and grenki with jam and curly sausages, and oladyi crepes and patato rolls…2012, Kelly Andria, chapter 25, in The Art of Change, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 193:
  • At the moment Magnitsky was preparing Barsukov’s breakfast of oladyi pancakes and sausages with a pair of George Foreman grills kept on one of the broad concrete windowsills.2012 January, Paul Christopher, Red Templar, New York, N.Y.: Signet, →ISBN, page 191:

Forms of oladyi

alternative formoladi

Origin of oladyi

From Russian ола́дьи (oládʹi), plural of ола́дья (oládʹja).

Questions about oladyi

What does oladyi mean?
Oladyi means small thick pancakes or fritters common in Russian and Ukrainian cuisines.
How do you use oladyi in a sentence?
Now, I tink only of latkes and grenki with jam and curly sausages, and oladyi crepes and patato rolls…
What part of speech is oladyi?
Oladyi is a noun.

Words near oladyi in the dictionary

  1. Ola hu Uber
  2. olacaceous
  3. olachen
  4. oladi
  5. Oladipo
  6. oladyi
  7. Olaf
  8. olaflur
  9. Olafsen
  10. Olafsson
  11. Olalde

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