Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *gumьno (threshing floor); cognate with Bulgarian гумно (gumno) and Russian гумно (gumno, threshing floor).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gumno n (diminutive gumnyško)

  1. garden (specifically a plot of land behind a barn for growing fruits and vegetables)

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Further reading

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “gumno”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “gumno”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gumьno.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -umnɔ
  • Syllabification: gum‧no

Noun

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gumno n

  1. (dated or dialectal, Near Masovian) barn
    Synonym: stodoła
  2. (dated) threshing floor
    Synonyms: klepisko, (dialectal) boisko
  3. (dated) barnyard
    Synonym: zagroda

Declension

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Further reading

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  • gumno in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gumno in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “gumno”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 241