lelum polelum
Polish
Etymology
Perhaps a reference to the alleged twin Slavic deities Lel and Polel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.lum pɔˈlɛ.lum/
Audio 1 (file) Audio 2 (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlum
Noun
lelum polelum n (indeclinable)
- (colloquial, derogatory, idiomatic) slowcoach, sluggard
- Synonyms: ciepłe kluchy, guzdrała, ślamazara
Adverb
lelum polelum (not comparable)
- (archaic, colloquial, idiomatic) lazily, sluggishly
- Synonyms: leniwie, opieszale
Further reading
- lelum polelum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- lelum polelum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “lelum_polelum”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
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