ulung

Polish

Alternative forms

• ulong, oolung, oolong, wulung

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 烏龍／乌龙 (wūlóng) / 乌龙 (wūlóng), from 烏／乌 / 乌 (wū, “black”) + 龍／龙 (lóng) / 龙 (lóng, “dragon”). In the sense 1, the form is a dialectal or humorous pronunciation of the third-person singular masculine past of ulęgać (instead of the standard form ulągł), with a reference to the name of the tea, probably from the 1980s joke Czy znasz bajkę o herbacie? Gdzieś ty się, chamie, ulung! (Do you know a story about tea? Where were you raised, you prick!).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.luŋk/

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• Rhymes: -uluŋk
• Syllabification: u‧lung

Noun

ulung m inan

1. oolong tea (type of tea with a taste in between green tea and black tea)
2. (prison slang, by extension) tea (in general)

Declension

Declension of ulung

	singular	plural
nominative	ulung	ulungi
genitive	ulungu	ulungów
dative	ulungowi	ulungom
accusative	ulung	ulungi
instrumental	ulungiem	ulungami
locative	ulungu	ulungach
vocative	ulungu	ulungi

Noun

ulung m pers

2. (colloquial, slang) dumbhead, dumbass (stupid person)

Declension

Declension of ulung

	singular	plural
nominative	ulung	ulundzy/ulungi (deprecative)
genitive	ulunga	ulungów
dative	ulungowi	ulungom
accusative	ulunga	ulungów
instrumental	ulungiem	ulungami
locative	ulungu	ulungach
vocative	ulungu	ulundzy

Further reading

• ulung in Polish dictionaries at PWN