drabinka
See also: drabinką
Old Polish edit
Etymology edit
From drabina + -ka. First attested in the end of the 15th century.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
drabinka f
- Diminutive of drabina
- 1875 [End of the 15th century], Stanisław Motty, editor, Książeczka do nabożeństwa Jadwigi księżniczki polskiej[1], page 46:
- O drabynko nyebyeszka, o matko boza, dzyevycze Maria!
- [O drabinko niebieska, o Matko Boża, Dziewice Maryja!]
- Oh ladder of heaven, Oh Mother of God, Virgin Mary
Descendants edit
- Polish: drabinka
References edit
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “drabinka”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish drabinka. By surface analysis, drabina + -ka.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /draˈbiŋ.ka/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /draˈbiŋ.ka/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iŋka
- Syllabification: dra‧bin‧ka
Noun edit
drabinka f (related adjective drabinkowy)
- Diminutive of drabina
- (gymnastics) wall bars (type of exercise equipment used for gymnastics exercises as well as rehabilitation)
- (sports, in the plural) monkey bars (row of bars, found on playgrounds, under which one hangs by the arms and crosses by brachiation)
- (go) ladder (sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones)
- (sewing) ladder stitch (stitch used to close seams, in which the thread runs through alternating lengths of both sides)
- Synonym: haft drabinkowy
- (colloquial) towel radiator, heated towel rail (type of radiator, used especially in bathrooms, which bars resemble those of a ladder)
- (sports) bracket (printed diagram of games in a tournament)
Declension edit
Declension of drabinka