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Polish
Etymology
From Old Polish drab + -ka. Compare Silesian drabka.
Pronunciation
Noun
drabka f
- (Poznań, Near Masovian) ladder
- Synonym: drabina
- (Kuyavia) ladder in a stable and by a wagon
- (Kuyavia, fishing) bag with a wooden frame which two people drag underwater acting as a fishnet
Declension
Further reading
- drabka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Józef Bliziński (1860) “drabka”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 621
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “drabka”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 269
- Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “drabka”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 241
Silesian
Etymology
From Old Polish drab + -ka. Compare Greater Polish and Masovian Polish drabka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrap.ka/
- Rhymes: -apka
- Syllabification: drab‧ka
Noun
drabka f
- ladder
Further reading
- Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “drabka”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 71