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varenyky

/vəˈɹɛniːkiː/

varenyky noun: boiled dumplings stuffed with potato, cheese, or other filling; a serving of these; plural of varenyk.

varenyky: boiled dumplings stuffed with potato, cheese, or other filling; a serving of these; plural of...
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Noun

varenyky pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Boiled dumplings stuffed with potato, cheese, or other filling; a serving of these; plural of varenyk.

Synonyms of varenyky

Forms of varenyky

alternative formvareniki
alternative formwareneki
alternative formwareniki

Origin of varenyky

From Ukrainian варе́ники pl (varényky), singular варе́ник (varényk), and related terms in other languages, e.g. Russian варе́ники (varéniki) and (particularly in Mennonite communities) Plautdietsch Wareniki. The Ukrainian term comes from ва́рений (várenyj, “boiled”), from вари́ти (varýty, “to boil, to cook”), from Old East Slavic варити (variti), from Proto-Slavic *variti (“to cook”) + masculine ending -ик (-yk). Compare вар (var, “boiling liquid; cooking, boiling”), from Proto-Slavic *varъ, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn, blacken”).

Questions about varenyky

What does varenyky mean?
Varenyky means boiled dumplings stuffed with potato, cheese, or other filling; a serving of these; plural of varenyk.
What part of speech is varenyky?
Varenyky is a noun.
How do you pronounce varenyky?
Varenyky is pronounced /vəˈɹɛniːkiː/.

Words near varenyky in the dictionary

  1. varennesite
  2. varentropy
  3. varenye
  4. varenyes
  5. varenyk
  6. varenyky
  7. vares
  8. Varese
  9. vareuse
  10. vareuses
  11. varfa

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