No. 10,170 in Polish
botwinką
"Botwinką" refers to young beet leaves, stems, and roots, often used in Polish cuisine for soups or salads.
In a sentence
Na obiad ugotowałam zupę z botwinką.
For lunch, I cooked soup with beet greens.
Here, 'botwinką' is in instrumental case as part of the expression indicating the ingredient used for cooking.
Moja babcia zawsze robiła pierogi z botwinką.
My grandmother always made dumplings with beet greens.
In this sentence, 'botwinką' also appears in instrumental case, describing what fills the dumplings.
Botwinką nazywamy młode liście i łodygi buraka ćwikłowego.
We call the young leaves and stems of beetroot 'botwinka'.
The term 'botwinka' identifies the specific part of the plant being referred to in the sentence, used in nominative case as the subject.
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