gumno

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gumьno (“threshing floor”); cognate with Bulgarian гумно (gumno) and Russian гумно (gumno, “threshing floor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡumnɔ]

Noun

gumno n (diminutive gumnyško)

1. garden (specifically a plot of land behind a barn for growing fruits and vegetables)

Declension

Declension of gumno

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	gumno	gumnje	gumna
Genitive	gumna	gumnowu	gumnow
Dative	gumnoju, gumnu	gumnoma	gumnam
Accusative	gumno	gumnje	gumna
Instrumental	gumnom	gumnoma	gumnami
Locative	gumnje	gumnoma	gumnach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “gumno”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “gumno”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gumьno.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡum.nɔ/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Southern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈɡum.nɔ/
• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡum.nɔ/

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• Rhymes: -umnɔ
• Syllabification: gum‧no

Noun

gumno n (diminutive gumienko)

1. (dated or dialectal, Soutern Greater Poland, Near Masovian) barn

   Synonym: stodoła

2. (dated) threshing floor

   Synonyms: klepisko, (dialectal) boisko

3. (dated or dialectal, Southern Greater Poland) barnyard

   Synonym: zagroda

Declension

Declension of gumno

	singular	plural
nominative	gumno	gumna
genitive	gumna	gumien
dative	gumnu	gumnom
accusative	gumno	gumna
instrumental	gumnem	gumnami
locative	gumnie	gumnach
vocative	gumno	gumna

Further reading

• gumno in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gumno in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “gumno”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 241
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “gumno”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 30