drumla
See also: drumlą
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Trommel, from Middle High German trummel, from Old High German trumme.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -umla
- Syllabification: drum‧la
Noun
drumla f
- Jew's harp
- (Western Lublin, Janów Lubelski County, Ziółków, Lubartów County, spinning) woman spinning a distaff while burning a bonfire
- (Western Lublin, Ponigwoda, derogatory) epithet
- O ty drumlo. ― Oh you dummy.
Declension
Declension of drumla
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | drumla | drumle |
| genitive | drumli | drumli |
| dative | drumli | drumlom |
| accusative | drumlę | drumle |
| instrumental | drumlą | drumlami |
| locative | drumli | drumlach |
| vocative | drumlo | drumle |
Further reading
- drumla in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- drumla in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Hieronim Łopaciński (1892) “drumla”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 192
Swedish
Verb
drumla (present drumlar, preterite drumlade, supine drumlat, imperative drumla)
- (colloquial) to move or go about something in a clumsy, careless manner; to blunder
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | drumla | drumlas | ||
| supine | drumlat | drumlats | ||
| imperative | drumla | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | drumlen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | drumlar | drumlade | drumlas | drumlades |
| ind. plural1 | drumla | drumlade | drumlas | drumlades |
| subjunctive2 | drumle | drumlade | drumles | drumlades |
| present participle | drumlande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.