pasza

See also: paszą

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʂa/

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• Rhymes: -aʂa
• Syllabification: pa‧sza

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *pāˀstéi

Proto-Slavic *pastideverb.

Proto-Slavic *paša

Polish pasza

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *paša, deverbal from *pasti.

Noun

pasza f (related adjective paszowy)

1. fodder

Usage notes

This term usually refers to food for certain domesticated animals such as livestock or poultry. Pet food is usually called karma instead.

Declension

Declension of pasza

	singular	plural
nominative	pasza	pasze
genitive	paszy	pasz
dative	paszy	paszom
accusative	paszę	pasze
instrumental	paszą	paszami
locative	paszy	paszach
vocative	paszo	pasze

Related terms

nouns

• pastwa
• pastwisko

verbs

• pasać impf
• paść impf

See also

• karma (fodder for pets)
• obrok (fodder for horses)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish pasza.

Noun

pasza m pers

1. (historical) alternative form of basza

Declension

Declension of pasza

	singular	plural
nominative	pasza	paszowie, pasze1
genitive	paszy	paszów
dative	paszy	paszom
accusative	paszę	paszów
instrumental	paszą	paszami
locative	paszy	paszach
vocative	paszo	paszowie

¹Deprecative.

Further reading

• “pasza”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “pasza”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)