drabka

Polish

Alternative forms

• drobka (Poznań)

Etymology

From Old Polish drab +‎ -ka. Compare Silesian drabka.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈdrap.ka/
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈdrap.ka/
• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈdrap.ka/

Noun

drabka f

1. (Poznań, Near Masovian) ladder

   Synonym: drabina

   1. (Kuyavia) ladder in a stable and by a wagon
2. (Kuyavia, fishing) bag with a wooden frame which two people drag underwater acting as a fishnet

Declension

Declension of drabka

	singular	plural
nominative	drabka	drabki
genitive	drabki	drabek
dative	drabce	drabkom
accusative	drabkę	drabki
instrumental	drabką	drabkami
locative	drabce	drabkach
vocative	drabko	drabki

Further reading

• drabka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Józef Bliziński (1860) “drabka”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 621
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “drabka”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 269
• Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “drabka”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 241

Silesian

Etymology

From Old Polish drab +‎ -ka. Compare Greater Polish and Masovian Polish drabka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrap.ka/
• Rhymes: -apka
• Syllabification: drab‧ka

Noun

drabka f

1. ladder

Further reading

• Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “drabka”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 71