kolubryna
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin colubrīna, from colubra.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkolubryna f
- (historical, military) culverin (a kind of large cannon)
- Synonym: serpentyna
- 1888, Henryk Sienkiewicz, chapter 19, in Jeremiah Curtin, transl., Potop, volume 3:
- Rozsadzenie olbrzymiej kolubryny uczyniło istotnie pognębiające na Müllerze wrażenie, gdyż jego wszystkie nadzieje wspierały się dotąd na tem dziale. Już i piechota była do szturmu gotowa, już przygotowano drabiny i stosy faszyn, teraz trzeba było wszelką myśl szturmu porzucić.
- The bursting of the gigantic culverin had really a crushing effect upon Miller, for all his hopes had rested hitherto on that gun. Infantry were ready for the assault, ladders and piles of fascines were collected; but now it was necessary to abandon all thought of a storm.
- (figurative, colloquial) something unwieldy, nonfunctional because of its dimensions or weight
Declension
editDeclension of kolubryna
singular | plural | |
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nominative | kolubryna | kolubryny |
genitive | kolubryny | kolubryn |
dative | kolubrynie | kolubrynom |
accusative | kolubrynę | kolubryny |
instrumental | kolubryną | kolubrynami |
locative | kolubrynie | kolubrynach |
vocative | kolubryno | kolubryny |
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