drumla

See also: drumlą

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Trommel, from Middle High German trummel, from Old High German trumme.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrum.la/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Western Lublin) IPA^(key): [ˈdrum.lʲa]

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• Rhymes: -umla
• Syllabification: drum‧la

Noun

drumla f

1. Jew's harp
2. (Western Lublin, Janów Lubelski County, Ziółków, Lubartów County, spinning) woman spinning a distaff while burning a bonfire
3. (Western Lublin, Ponikwoda, 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^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “drumla”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• 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)

1. (colloquial) to move or go about something in a clumsy, careless manner; to blunder

Conjugation

Conjugation of drumla (weak)

	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.

Related terms

• drumlig

References

• “drumla”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “drumla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)