trumna

See also: trumną

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish trona (chest) with an uncertain extension of -na perhaps due to analogy to other German loans such as brytfanna, rynna, and wanna.[1][2] Compare Ukrainian труна́ (truná).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈtrum.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -umna
  • Syllabification: trum‧na

Noun

trumna f (diminutive trumienka, augmentative trumnisko, related adjective trumienny or trumniany)

  1. coffin (a closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial)
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) coffin (airplane or ship with a risk of disaster)

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
phrases
  • ciszej nad tą trumną
adjectives
  • trumniarski

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “trumna”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  2. ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017), “trumna”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN

Further reading