masliak
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Slovak[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *masľakъ. By surface analysis, maslo (“butter”) + -iak, because the flesh of the mushroom is butterlike soft and the cap is sometimes slimy as it were greased.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
masliak m inan (genitive singular masliaka, nominative plural masliaky, declension pattern of dub)
- fungus belonging to the genus Suillus (slippery jack)
Declension[edit]
Declension of masliak
Related terms[edit]
- maslo n
- masliačik m
- masliakový
- klouzek m
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “masliak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024