drabina

Polish

Etymology

From Old Polish drab, from Proto-Slavic *drabь.

According to Brückner, this term is related to Lithuanian dárbas (“work”)^[1].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /draˈbʲi.na/
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Noun

drabina f (diminutive drabinka)

ladder (climbing tool)
wspinać się po drabinie - to climb up a ladder

Declension

declension of drabina

	singular	plural
nominative	drabina	drabiny
genitive	drabiny	drabin
dative	drabinie	drabinom
accusative	drabinę	drabiny
instrumental	drabiną	drabinami
locative	drabinie	drabinach
vocative	drabino	drabiny

Derived terms

(noun) drabiniak
(adjectives) drabiniasty, drabinowy

Synonyms

(regional) drabka

References

↑ Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “drab”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 94

Further reading

drabina in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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