bębenek

See also: Bębenek

Old Polish

Etymology

From bęben +‎ -ek. First attested in 1408.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bæ̃bɛnɛk/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bæ̃bɛnɛk/

Noun

bębenek m animacy unattested

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) type of net
    • 1877-1999 [1408], Franciszek Piekosiński, Antoni Gąsiorowski, Henryk Kowalewicz, Ryszard Walczak, Tomasz Jasiński, Izabela Skierska, editors, Kodeks dyplomatyczny Wielkopolski. Codex diplomaticus Maioris Poloniae [Diplomatic Code of Greater Poland], volume V, Greater Poland, page 132:
      Tria recia vlg. dicta wanczerze et bambenky
      [Tria recia vlg. dicta więcierze et bębenki]

Descendants

  • Polish: bębenek
  • Silesian: bymbynek

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “bębenek”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish bębenek. By surface analysis, bęben +‎ -ek. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from New Latin tympanum. Compare Kashubian bãbenk.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /bɛmˈbɛ.nɛk/
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnɛk
  • Syllabification: bę‧be‧nek
  • Homophones: Bembenek, Bębenek

Noun

bębenek m inan (related adjective bębenkowy)

  1. diminutive of bęben (drum) (percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber)
    1. toy drum
  2. (anatomy) eardrum, tympanic membrane, myringa
    Synonym: błona bębenkowa
  3. diminutive of bęben (drum) (any similar hollow, cylindrical object)
    1. (obsolete, printing) part of a press
    2. (obsolete, engineering) piston of a pump
  4. (fishing) fyke, eel basket, eelbuck, eelpot, eel trap
    Synonym: żak
  5. (obsolete) diminutive of bęben (tambour) (embroidery hoop)
    Synonym: tamborek
  6. (obsolete) tambourine (percussion instrument)
    Synonyms: tamburyn, tamburyno
  7. (obsolete) attachment connecting one door to another
  8. (obsolete) any plant of the genus Lychnis
  9. (obsolete, hunting) exit or entrance hole of a pigeonhouse
  10. (obsolete, firearms) part of a paper cartridge that is loaded
  11. (obsolete, hunting) partridge lure made from a thimble
  12. (obsolete, fishing) fishpot, fish-trap
  13. (obsolete) type of pigeon.
  14. (Middle Polish) diminutive of bęben (drum) (vessel for liquid)
  15. (Middle Polish, figuratively) incentive, encouragement
    Synonyms: podnieta, zachęta

Declension

Derived terms

phrases
  • bębenki w uszach popękają
adjectives
verbs

Descendants

  • Kashubian: bãbenk (semantic loan)

Further reading