dumka

See also: dumką

English

Etymology

From Ukrainian ду́мка (dúmka), diminutive of ду́ма (dúma, “sung epic poem”).

Noun

dumka (countable and uncountable, plural dumkas or dumky)

1. (uncountable) A genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine.
2. (countable) An individual composition in this genre.

Albanian

Noun

dumka

1. inflection of dumkë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ukrainian ду́ма (dúma)

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Ukrainian -ка (-ka)

Ukrainian ду́мка (dúmka)bor.

Polish dumka

Borrowed from Ukrainian ду́мка (dúmka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdum.ka/
• Rhymes: -umka
• Syllabification: dum‧ka

Noun

dumka f

1. (uncountable) dumka (genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine)
2. (countable) dumka (individual composition in this genre)

   Synonym: duma

3. (countable) dumka (literary work based on such a composition)

   Synonym: duma

Declension

Declension of dumka

	singular	plural
nominative	dumka	dumki
genitive	dumki	dumek
dative	dumce	dumkom
accusative	dumkę	dumki
instrumental	dumką	dumkami
locative	dumce	dumkach
vocative	dumko	dumki

Derived terms

nouns

• dumkarz

Further reading

• “dumka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “dumka”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• dumka in PWN's encyclopedia