lelum polelum
Appearance
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps a reference to the alleged twin Slavic deities Lel and Polel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lelum polelum n (indeclinable)
- (colloquial or dialectal, Kociewie, derogatory, idiomatic) slowcoach, sluggard
- Synonyms: ciepłe kluchy, guzdrała, ślamazara
Adverb
[edit]lelum polelum (not comparable)
- (archaic, colloquial or dialectal, Kociewie, idiomatic) lazily, sluggishly
Related terms
[edit]noun
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
- Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “lelum polelum”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 154
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