Pszczelarz odsklepia plaster miodu dłutem pszczelarskim i wiruje miód.

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Breakdown of Pszczelarz odsklepia plaster miodu dłutem pszczelarskim i wiruje miód.

• miód: the honey
• pszczelarz: a beekeeper
• plaster miodu: a honeycomb

Questions & Answers about Pszczelarz odsklepia plaster miodu dłutem pszczelarskim i wiruje miód.

What does plaster mean here? It can’t mean plaster as in a wall or a medical bandage, right?

Right. In this sentence, plaster does not mean building plaster or a bandage.

In beekeeping, plaster means a comb, section of honeycomb, or often a frame of comb. So plaster miodu refers to a honey-filled comb/frame.

This is one of those words where the meaning depends heavily on context.

Why is it plaster miodu and not plaster miód?

Because Polish often uses the genitive case after a noun to mean of something.

So:

• plaster = comb / frame
• miodu = of honey

Literally, plaster miodu means a comb of honey.

Here miodu is the genitive singular form of miód.

This is a very common pattern in Polish, for example:

• szklanka wody = a glass of water
• kawałek chleba = a piece of bread
• słoik miodu = a jar of honey

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