pisanka

See also: pisanką

English

Alternative forms

• pysanka, pysanky

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish pisanka.

Noun

pisanka (plural pisanki or pisankas)

1. A dyed or decorated Easter egg.

Translations

decorated egg — see pysanka

Anagrams

• Naskapi

Polish

pisanki

Etymology

From pisać +‎ -anka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈsan.ka/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anka
• Syllabification: pi‧san‧ka

Noun

pisanka f

1. pisanka (dyed Easter egg with intricate designs)
2. (typography) script

Declension

Declension of pisanka

	singular	plural
nominative	pisanka	pisanki
genitive	pisanki	pisanek
dative	pisance	pisankom
accusative	pisankę	pisanki
instrumental	pisanką	pisankami
locative	pisance	pisankach
vocative	pisanko	pisanki

Derived terms

noun

• pisankarka

 

Related terms

noun

• pisankarstwo

 

Further reading

• pisanka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pisanka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǐːsaːnka/

Noun

písānka f (Cyrillic spelling пи́са̄нка)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) a notebook

   Synonym: (Croatian, Bosnian) bìlježnica

Declension

    Declension of pisanka

	singular	plural
nominative	pisanka	pisanke
genitive	pisanke	pisanka
dative	pisanki	pisankama
accusative	pisanku	pisanke
vocative	pisanko	pisanke
locative	pisanki	pisankama
instrumental	pisankom	pisankama

Further reading

• “pisanka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024