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dołem

//ˈdɔ.wɛm//
Polishnoun

Grammatical form

dołem is the instrumental singular form of dół — “pit (hole in the ground; sinking into something; bottom of something).

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Definitions of dół noun · /ˈduw/ | /ˈdoɫ/

Full entry for dół
  1. 1.pit (hole in the ground; sinking into something; bottom of something)
  2. 2.bottom (lower part of something)
  3. 3.cavity; fossa (cavity in the body of a human or animal)
  4. 4.depression (area lower than another)
  5. 5.lower range (lower register of a singer)
  6. 6.Hell
  7. 7.bottom (sin; badness; moral corruption)
  8. 8.trick; intrigue; ambush
  9. 9.riverbed
  10. 10.basement (covered earthen pit for storing crops)
  11. 11.moat; defensive ditch
  12. 12.mine (place where minerals and sand are extracted from the ground)
  13. 13.dugout (primitive human habitation)
  14. 14.blues; dumps (sad feeling)(colloquial)
  15. 15.grave(colloquial)
  16. 16.area near a river's mouth(obsolete)
  17. 17.pits; underside; bottom; masses, plebs, rabble, riffraff (people who are lowest in some hierarchy)
  18. 18.blues; dumps; low (sad feeling)(colloquial)

Etymology of dół

Inherited from Old Polish dół.

Paradigm of dół, with dołem highlighted:

Nominative
Singular
dół
Plural
doły
Genitive
Singular
dołu, doła
Plural
dołów
Dative
Singular
dołowi
Plural
dołom
Accusative
Singular
dół, doła
Plural
doły
Instrumental
Singular
dołem
Plural
dołami
Locative
Singular
dole
Plural
dołach
Vocative
Singular
dole
Plural
doły

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