drabina

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Drabina

Etymology

From Old Polish drab +‎ -ina, cognate to Belarusian драбіны (drabiny) and Ukrainian драби́на (drabýna) (not Serbo-Croatian drȇbīna which is from German Drehbühne). This is possibly from a Proto-Slavic *drabь or *drabъ but possibly also a borrowing.

Else in Balto-Slavic it has been connected to Lithuanian dìrbti (“to work”) (so Brückner) which equals Proto-Germanic *derbaną (“to work”), to Lithuanian drebė́ti (“to quiver”), Russian дря́бы (drjáby, “carriage for sheaves”), Belarusian дра́бы (dráby, “rips”), Czech droby (“giblets”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /draˈbi.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: dra‧bi‧na

Noun

drabina f (diminutive drabinka)

  1. ladder (climbing tool)
    Synonym: (regional) drabka
    wspinać się po drabinie ― to climb up a ladder
  2. ladder (a hierarchy)

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

adjectives
nouns

References

Further reading

  • drabina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • drabina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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