страва
dish
Parts of speech
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страва, gen. страви - dish (prepared food), meal, course |
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моя улюблена страва - my favourite dish, meal перші, другі страви - first, second course (on menu) холодні, гарячі страви - cold, hot dishes рибні, м'ясні страви - fish, meat dishes |
Additional information
1. in Old Slavonic травити meant to eat (up); the word for grass, трава, originally meant 'foodstuff, that which is meant to be eaten', so there is a clear link to the present-day страва.
Related words
(с)травити - to digest
стравохід - gullet, oesophagus