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duma

//ˈdu.ma//
Polishnounverb

Grammatical form

duma is the third-person singular present form of dumać — “to muse, to ponder (to think about something with concentration).

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Definitions

  1. 1.
    pride (sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one)
  2. 2.
    dumka (individual composition in the genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine)
  3. 3.
    dumka (literary work based on such a composition)

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *duma. Doublet of Duma.

Nominative
Singular
duma
Plural
dumy
Genitive
Singular
dumy
Plural
dum
Dative
Singular
dumie
Plural
dumom
Accusative
Singular
dumę
Plural
dumy
Instrumental
Singular
dumą
Plural
dumami
Locative
Singular
dumie
Plural
dumach
Vocative
Singular
dumo
Plural
dumy

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