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drabinka

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See also: drabinką

Old Polish

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Etymology

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From drabina +‎ -ka. First attested in the end of the 15th century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /drabinka/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /drabinka/

Noun

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drabinka f

  1. diminutive of drabina
    • 1875 [End of the 15th century], Stanisław Motty, editor, Książeczka do nabożeństwa Jadwigi księżniczki polskiej[1], Modlitewnik Nawojki, 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

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  • Polish: drabinka

References

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  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “drabinka”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish drabinka. By surface analysis, drabina +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -inka
  • Syllabification: dra‧bin‧ka

Noun

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drabinka f (related adjective drabinkowy)

  1. diminutive of drabina
  2. (gymnastics) wall bars (type of exercise equipment used for gymnastics exercises as well as rehabilitation)
  3. (sports, in the plural) monkey bars (row of bars, found on playgrounds, under which one hangs by the arms and crosses by brachiation)
  4. (go) ladder (sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones)
  5. (sewing) ladder stitch (stitch used to close seams, in which the thread runs through alternating lengths of both sides)
    Synonym: haft drabinkowy
  6. (colloquial) towel radiator, heated towel rail (type of radiator, used especially in bathrooms, which bars resemble those of a ladder)
  7. (sports) bracket (printed diagram of games in a tournament)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • drabinka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • drabinka in Polish dictionaries at PWN