bigos
English
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Noun
bigos (uncountable)
- A traditional Polish stew containing cabbage and meat
- 2008 February 27, Alex Witchel, “A Stew With a Past and a Future”, in New York Times[1]:
- I bombarded him with questions about his history with bigos.
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French
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Noun
bigos
- plural of bigo
Polish
bigos
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Borrowed from German Beiguss (“sauce”),[1][2][3] from bei- + Guss. First attested in 1534.[4]
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -iɡɔs
- Syllabification: bi‧gos
- Homophone: Bigos
Noun
bigos m inan (diminutive bigosik, related adjective bigosowy)
- (uncountable) bigos (a traditional Polish stew containing cabbage and meat)
- (countable) bigos (single portion of this dish)
- (countable, colloquial, figuratively) commotion, stir
- niezły bigos ― quite a commotion
- prawdziwy bigos ― a real stir
- narobić bigosu ― to stir a commotion
- Ale narobiłeś bigosu! ― You've caused quite a commotion!
- (obsolete, uncountable) synonym of rzeź / siekanina
- (Middle Polish) bigos (dish (soup, broth, sauce) made of fish)
- (Middle Polish) leftover casserole (meal prepared from leftovers from previous dishes)
- (Middle Polish, card games) type of card game
Conjugation
Declension of bigos
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bigos | bigosy |
| genitive | bigosu | bigosów |
| dative | bigosowi | bigosom |
| accusative | bigos | bigosy |
| instrumental | bigosem | bigosami |
| locative | bigosie | bigosach |
| vocative | bigosie | bigosy |
Middle Polish:
Attested forms of bigos
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bigos | bigosy |
| genitive | bigosa/bigosu | — |
| dative | — | — |
| accusative | bigos | bigosy |
| instrumental | bigosem | — |
| locative | — | — |
| vocative | — | — |
Derived terms
proper nouns
verbs
- bigosować impf
Collocations
stew
- tradycyjny bigos ― traditional bigos
- wojskowy bigos ― military bigos
- bigos myśliwski ― hunter's stew
- bigos staropolski ― Old Polish bigos
- smak bigosu ― the taste of bigos
- zapach bigosu ― the smell of bigos
- degustacja bigosu ― tasting bigos
- gar/kociołek bigosu ― a pot of bigos
- miska bigosu ― a bowl of bigos
- talerz bigosu ― a plate of bigos
- dodatek do bigosu ― a side of bigos
- przepis na bigos ― a bigos recipe
- serwować bigos ― to serve bigos
- przyrządzić bigos ― to whip up bigos
- gotować/ugotować bigos ― to cook bigos
- pachnieć bigosem ― to smell of bigos
- częstować bigosem ― to treat (someone) to bigos
- posilić się bigosem ― to enjoy a meal of bigos
- uchodzić za bigos ― to pass for bigos
- zamawiać bigos ― to order bigos
- podać bigos ― to serve bigos
- rozdawać bigos ― to ladle out bigos
Descendants
- → English: bigos
- → Kashubian: bigòs
- → Silesian: bigus, bigos, bigōs (Cieszyn)
- → Spanish: bigos
- → Swedish: bigos
References
- ^ Halina Zgółkowa, editor (1994–2005), “bigos”, in Praktyczny słownik współczesnej polszczyzny, volumes 1–50, Poznań: Wydawnictwo Kurpisz, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “bigos”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “bigos”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 154
- ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “bigos”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
Further reading
- bigos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bigos in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Dorota Adamiec (01.12.2010), “BIGOS”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “bigos”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “bigos”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- Jan Karłowicz (1900), “bigos”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 85
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “bigos”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
- Mańczak, Witold (2017), “bigos”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “bigos”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- Dubisz, Stanisław, editor (2003), “bigos”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language][2] (in Polish), volumes 1–4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN, →OCLC
Silesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbi.ɡɔs/
- Rhymes: -iɡɔs
- Syllabification: bi‧gos
Noun
bigos m inan
- alternative form of bigus
Further reading
- Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022), “bigos”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 64
- Eugeniusz Kosmała (2023), Dykcjōnôrz Polsko-Ślonskiy (in Silesian), b, page 61
Spanish
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- IPA(key): /ˈbiɡos/ [ˈbi.ɣ̞os]
- Rhymes: -iɡos
- Syllabification: bi‧gos
Noun
bigos m (plural bigos)
- bigos (Polish stew dish)
Swedish
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Noun
bigos c
- bigos (Polish stew)
- Bigos är en polsk gryta med surkål och kött
- Bigos is a Polish stew with sauerkraut and meat
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | bigos | bigos |
| definite | bigosen | bigosens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |