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pirohy

pirohy noun: czech or Slovak pierogi.

pirohy: czech or Slovak pierogi
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Noun

pirohy pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Czech or Slovak pierogi.
    • Here, continuing to cope with a foreign language and foreign customs, they reared a daughter and two sons on generous amounts of pirohy, holupky, and love.1978 spring, Patricia Krafcik, “The Story of Anna”, in Carpatho-Rusyn American: A Newsletter on Carpatho-Rusyn Ethnic Heritage, number 1, →ISSN, page 2, column 2
    • Then hurrying to lift a pot of pirohy from the stove, she scalded her arm.1978–1979, V. S. Koban, “The Sorrows of Marienka”, in Slovakia, volume XXVIII, numbers 51–52, West Paterson, N.J.: The Slovak League of America, page 123

Origin of pirohy

From Czech pirohy and Slovak pirohy. Doublet of pierogi (from Polish), pirogi (from Russian), and pyrohy (from Ukrainian).

Questions about pirohy

What does pirohy mean?
Pirohy means czech or Slovak pierogi.
What part of speech is pirohy?
Pirohy is a noun.

Words near pirohy in the dictionary

  1. pirogs
  2. pirogue
  3. pirogues
  4. pirogy
  5. piroheptine
  6. pirohy
  7. pirojki
  8. pirojkis
  9. Pirojpur District
  10. pirolate
  11. pirolazamide

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