драбіны

Belarusian

драбіны

Etymology

Possibly Proto-Slavic *drabь or *drabъ + -іна (-ina) in plural. Cognate with Polish drabina, which see for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [draˈbʲinɨ]

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Noun

драбі́ны • (drabíny) f inan pl (genitive драбі́н, plural only, diminutive драбі́нкі)

1. ladder, stepladder

   Synonym: ле́свіца (ljésvica)

Declension

Declension of драбі́ны (inan pl-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	plural
nominative	драбі́ны drabíny
genitive	драбі́н drabín
dative	драбі́нам drabínam
accusative	драбі́ны drabíny
instrumental	драбі́намі drabínami
locative	драбі́нах drabínax

References

• “драбіны” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “драбіны”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)