pałuba

See also: paluba, Pałuba, pałubą, and Pałubą

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *palubъ.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /paˈwu.ba/
  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Syllabification: pa‧łu‧ba
  • Homophone: Pałuba

Noun

pałuba f

  1. (archaic) awkward doll, puppet, or figurine
  2. (archaic, derogatory) someone resembling such a doll; gawky-looking person
    1. (Przemyśl, derogatory) hag (old, ugly woman)
  3. (archaic) cart/wagon cover

Declension

Declension of pałuba
singular plural
nominative pałuba pałuby
genitive pałuby pałub
dative pałubie pałubom
accusative pałubę pałuby
instrumental pałubą pałubami
locative pałubie pałubach
vocative pałubo pałuby

Further reading

  • pałuba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Aleksander Saloni (1908) “pałuba”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 338
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