duby

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Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian дубы́ (dubý), plural of дуб (dub, “oak, blockhead”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.bɨ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ubɨ
  • Syllabification: du‧by

Noun[edit]

duby nvir pl

  1. (obsolete) bunkum, poppycock
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonsens

Usage notes[edit]

In contemporary Polish, it is used only in the collocation duby smalone.

Declension[edit]

Declension of duby
plural
nominative duby
genitive dubów
dative dubom
accusative duby
instrumental dubami
locative dubach
vocative duby

Derived terms[edit]

noun

Related terms[edit]

noun
verb

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “duby”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading[edit]

  • duby in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • duby in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “duby”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego

Slovak[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

duby

  1. nominative plural of dub
  2. accusative plural of dub
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