lelum polelum
Polish
editEtymology
editPerhaps a reference to the alleged twin Slavic deities Lel and Polel.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlelum polelum n (indeclinable)
- (colloquial, derogatory, idiomatic) slowcoach, sluggard
- Synonyms: ciepłe kluchy, guzdrała, ślamazara
Adverb
editlelum polelum (not comparable)
Related terms
editnoun
verb
- lelejać impf
Further reading
edit- lelum polelum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- lelum polelum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “lelum_polelum”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
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