bęben

See also: beben, Beben, and Bęben

Polish

bęben

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish bęben, from Proto-Slavic *bǫbьnъ. Compare Czech buben, Lower Sorbian bubon, Serbo-Croatian bȗbanj, and Upper Sorbian bubon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛm.bɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmbɛn
• Syllabification: bę‧ben
• Homophones: Benben, Bęben

Noun

bęben m inan (diminutive bębenek, related adjective bębnowy)

1. drum (percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber)

   bić/uderzać w bęben ― to beat a drum

   grać na bębnie ― to play a drum

2. (figurative) drum (any similar hollow, cylindrical object)
3. (architecture) tholobate

   Synonym: tambur

4. (architecture) drum (any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar)
5. (colloquial) little child
6. (colloquial, derogatory) paunch (large belly)

   Synonyms: bebech, brzuchal, kałdun

   odchudzić/zgubić/zrzucić bęben ― to lose one's paunch

Declension

Declension of bęben

	singular	plural
nominative	bęben	bębeny
genitive	bębenu	bębenów
dative	bębenowi	bębenom
accusative	bęben	bębeny
instrumental	bębenem	bębenami
locative	bębenie	bębenach
vocative	bębenie	bębeny

Derived terms

nouns

• bębniarz
• bębnista

 

verbs

• bębnić impf
• obębniać impf, obębnić pf
• odbębniać impf, odbębnić pf
• pobębnić pf
• podbijać bębenka impf, podbić bębenka pf
• rozbębnić pf
• wybębniać impf, wybębnić pf
• zabębnić pf

 

Related terms

adjectives

• bębenkowy

 

nouns

• bębenkowiec

 

Further reading

• bęben in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bęben in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• bęben in PWN's encyclopedia