драбина

Ukrainian

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Proto-Slavic *drabina, from *drabь or *drabъ. Cognate with Polish drabina (see there for more) and Belarusian драбі́ны (drabíny).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [drɐˈbɪnɐ]

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Noun

драби́на • (drabýna) f inan (genitive драби́ни, nominative plural драби́ни, genitive plural драби́н, relational adjective драби́нний, diminutive драби́нка)

1. ladder (frame used for ascent and descent)

Declension

Declension of драби́на (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	драби́на drabýna	драби́ни drabýny
genitive	драби́ни drabýny	драби́н drabýn
dative	драби́ні drabýni	драби́нам drabýnam
accusative	драби́ну drabýnu	драби́ни drabýny
instrumental	драби́ною drabýnoju	драби́нами drabýnamy
locative	драби́ні drabýni	драби́нах drabýnax
vocative	драби́но drabýno	драби́ни drabýny

Derived terms

• драби́нча́стий (drabýnčástyj)
• драбиня́к m (drabynják)
• драбиня́стий (drabynjástyj)

 

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “драбина”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “драбина”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “драбина”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “драбина”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “драбина”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “драбина”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “драбина”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)