drabina
See also: Drabina, drabiną, and Drabiną
Polish
Etymology
From Old Polish drab + -ina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /draˈbi.na/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: dra‧bi‧na
- Homophone: Drabina
Noun
drabina f (diminutive drabinka, related adjective drabinowy)
- ladder (climbing tool)
- Synonym: (regional) drabka
- wspinać się po drabinie ― to climb up a ladder
- (figurative) ladder (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
- autodrabina
- drabiniak
References
- “Treppe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “drabina”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 122
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “drab”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 94